How do you dissolve the sugar?

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crabjoe

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How do you dissolve 6 cups of sugar, into the SP for back sweetening, without either diluting it by using s simple syrup or shake/stirring where you're going to end up oxygenating it?
 
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Why not remove some of the wine, say a gallon, or the wine into that and stir it really well. Then add the slurry back? It's what I always do.

That's essentially what I did. That's when I realized how that it was probably putting a ton of oxygen in.
 
IMO, if you’re adding sugar in an attempt of chaptalization you could minimally add it to the must. Even without stirring it, the yeast will have their way with it up to their alcohol tolerance. However, oxygen during fermentation is necessary so have no fear stirring it up.
 
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