I have fermented out a California CabSauv (OG1.090, current SG 0.993) transfering once @~1.010 off the gross lees. The pH is ~3.1, the TA is 6.6.
The wine is on fine lees right now, and I had originally planned on racking to a clean carboy with oak cubes and adding MLB, but reading that some yeast and sediment helps MLF, I added the MLB to the carboy with the fine lees.
So my question is, should I add oak cubes to the current carboy, or wait until MLF is finished and rack to another carboy with oak, or the third option, rack to a carboy during MLF and oak it there.
One other question, I have read that MLF can be finicky to get started, but there appears to be activity (more bubbles) even just a day after adding the culture (Wyeast MLB). The wine was quite still before addition of the MLB. I wonder if this is a good sign (and normal) or there is just more outgassing due to the physical act of adding of the culture.
The wine is on fine lees right now, and I had originally planned on racking to a clean carboy with oak cubes and adding MLB, but reading that some yeast and sediment helps MLF, I added the MLB to the carboy with the fine lees.
So my question is, should I add oak cubes to the current carboy, or wait until MLF is finished and rack to another carboy with oak, or the third option, rack to a carboy during MLF and oak it there.
One other question, I have read that MLF can be finicky to get started, but there appears to be activity (more bubbles) even just a day after adding the culture (Wyeast MLB). The wine was quite still before addition of the MLB. I wonder if this is a good sign (and normal) or there is just more outgassing due to the physical act of adding of the culture.