I finally bottled my Santa Ynez Crushendo Syrah last night. It had been bulked aged for only 4 months, but I wanted to do my first bottling. Everything was cleaned/sanitized properly, but I couldn't find my spring pressured bottling end thing. I just used the regular tube instead right from the primary. To make a long story shorter, I filled the level to about 1/4 of an inch below the cork. It that too close? I had one bottle that I put the wine into too quickly and the cork wouldn't go in all the way. Should I pull the cork and recork it??
One last question, does anybody use those automatic bottling gigs? Do they fill to the perfect level each time?
Thanks,
Scott
One last question, does anybody use those automatic bottling gigs? Do they fill to the perfect level each time?
Thanks,
Scott