Blending Wines

[havlikn]

I am experimenting with blending wines. I have two separate five gallon carboys that I want to blend together. My issue is I don't have an enclosed 10 gallon container of any sort. Would it be okay if I upped the S02 on the wines, quickly blended all wine in an open primary and then back into the carboy? Thank You

 

[Julie]

Yes that would work. The amount of time is not going to be long enough to cause any damage.

 

[Charlesthewino]

Just curious. What are you blending?

 

[havlikn]

Sauvignon blanc and viognier

 

[Arne]

Before mixing the full batches together, I would give it a bit of a bench test. Mix a small 25-75 blend, 50-50 blend, and maybe a 75-25 blend. If one of them is better than the others, I would blend them that way and have the excess by itself. Arne.

 

[DoctorCAD]

Id even go to 10%/90%

Some blends only need a touch of the other to make a big difference.

 

[havlikn]

Agreed. I did a couple different tests and found one that I really like