First, I got my WE Estate Selection Crushendo Syrah kit delivered on Friday
. I wanted to bulk age it in a carboy or 9 months. The WE instructions never mentioned bulk aging (maybe they do on their web site), but the instructions on George's site and the information he sent me says to add K-Meta at the final racking. Is this to prevent any further fermentation and to prevent and bad cultures from turning it into vinegar? My real question is, what will the difference be in the wine's final product if I bottled it w/o adding K-Meta after 3 months in the final racking than if I add the K-Meta and bulk age it for 9 months?? I was wondering if anybody did this experiment with this kind of kit?
On a side note, I attempted to buy two 6.5 gallon glass carboys from a local dealer, but did not have any (didn't too much of anything), so I just purchased two plastic carboys from George. This will give me a total of 3 carboys so I can have more than one wine going at a time.
On a side note, I attempted to buy two 6.5 gallon glass carboys from a local dealer, but did not have any (didn't too much of anything), so I just purchased two plastic carboys from George. This will give me a total of 3 carboys so I can have more than one wine going at a time.