analog_kidd
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I'm making a Wine Experts Pinot Noir kit, and I did the first racking this weekend. This kit came with the oak sawdust, and this racking is supposed to get it off that and the gross lees.
I don't have a second free carboy, so I just racked it into the primary, then racked again back into the carboy (after cleaning out the gunk). While it was in the primary, I took a sample to see how it tastes. It tastes good, but the wine was gritty. It was really fine, whatever it was, not course like the oak dust. When I poured the sample into the glass for tasting, it left a trail of sludge in the glass.
What is also strange, is that after I transferred it back into the carboy, I went back and looked at it again after a couple of hours, and I could see a bunch of sediment formed in the bottom of the carboy. I'm sure it's this stuff, but why didn't it get racked out the first time?
I'm using an Auto-Siphon and the rack cane has one of those tips on it to keep the end from sucking in the lees. I start the siphon from the top of the carboy then drop it down once the siphon gets going.
The instructions say to let it sit for 14 more days, plus an additional 7 more if not clear. They also said it should be pretty clear right now, but it was not, probably because of all the gunk in there.
I'm thinking that in 14 days, I may transfer it again and then take it to my LHBS to have them run it through their filter.
any idea what this is, and if it will clear?
I don't have a second free carboy, so I just racked it into the primary, then racked again back into the carboy (after cleaning out the gunk). While it was in the primary, I took a sample to see how it tastes. It tastes good, but the wine was gritty. It was really fine, whatever it was, not course like the oak dust. When I poured the sample into the glass for tasting, it left a trail of sludge in the glass.
What is also strange, is that after I transferred it back into the carboy, I went back and looked at it again after a couple of hours, and I could see a bunch of sediment formed in the bottom of the carboy. I'm sure it's this stuff, but why didn't it get racked out the first time?
I'm using an Auto-Siphon and the rack cane has one of those tips on it to keep the end from sucking in the lees. I start the siphon from the top of the carboy then drop it down once the siphon gets going.
The instructions say to let it sit for 14 more days, plus an additional 7 more if not clear. They also said it should be pretty clear right now, but it was not, probably because of all the gunk in there.
I'm thinking that in 14 days, I may transfer it again and then take it to my LHBS to have them run it through their filter.
any idea what this is, and if it will clear?