Is your fermentation complete? Do you see any more bubbles? How old is the wine? Maybe you haven't given it time to settle completely. If you've just moved it from a primary to your secondary it might take a while before the sediment collects on the bottom.
Is this your zinfandel?
have you added the finings?
ahh..
it's still fermenting?.. I'm not sure if this is a kit or from juice? If a kit.. the finings will be part of the supplied kit.. usually bentonite and a chitosan variant..
the finings clear the kit quickly for bottling. Some people just bulk store their wines and allow the sediment to drop out naturally.
Allie
If you are going the natural way, take a deep breath, relax and start another wine to take your mind off it. It will require about 6 - 12 months to drop all the sediment on its own. It can look clear, but continue to collect light dustings on the bottom.
Uh, I can't wait that long. Do I want to use bentonite and superkleer? Or just one or the other?
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