Eddie you are correct. We racked again today to get more lees off and I wanted to see how the vanilla bean was coming along and I decided to leave the bean a little longer. I could smell and taste the vanilla. The last gallon going into the carboy was half full of lees. So I decide to rack them all. Most only had about 1/8 to 1/4 inch of lees. Fresh fruit equals lots of lees.
The wine fine as near as I can tell. The one gallon I added a vanilla bean to had a really nice vanilla taste. I added vanilla beans to 2 of the other 5 gallons because we liked the taste. We could taste a little strawberry but mostly was an alcohol taste which is what I would expected at the 2nd racking. No off taste or smell what so ever. Added sorbate and kmeta today. Next week I will simmer down some strawberries I froze when I started the must. And then move it under the house to age.
The wine fine as near as I can tell. The one gallon I added a vanilla bean to had a really nice vanilla taste. I added vanilla beans to 2 of the other 5 gallons because we liked the taste. We could taste a little strawberry but mostly was an alcohol taste which is what I would expected at the 2nd racking. No off taste or smell what so ever. Added sorbate and kmeta today. Next week I will simmer down some strawberries I froze when I started the must. And then move it under the house to age.