Hi everyone, this is the G partof K&GB. I know Ken has done all of the writing up til now, but I've been getting more and more involved in this new adventure and figured it was time to foray into this forum.
I have a couple of questions. We originally made a 23L aseptic juice Cabernet Sauvignon (not sure of the brand). It came without directions, so we were winging it and ran into a little problem. When it was about 5 weeks old, we tested it and noticed that it had an off odor. It's hard to describe (ok, hard to remember by now...lol), but it reminded me of mucky vegetation....you know, wet leaves and grass that have been decaying for a while. Ken thought it smelled a little like BBQ sauce. The wine also hadn't cleared at that point, so we added Super-Kleer. A few weeks later, the wine was clear and had lost almost all of that odor. We also put in KMeta when we did the Super-Kleer.
Now....we've got our MM Sangiovese going. We tested (and tasted) it at 3 weeks of age and it had the same foul odor as the Cab.Ken still felt it smelled like BBQ sauce and I made the distinct association to a vase of flowers that has just died where the water had not been changed for a week. Yep........it smelled like that stagnant, old water. We added KMeta and later treated with Super-Kleer. We then racked it 2 weeks later and it still has that same foul odor and frankly, a foul taste.
What can this be?!?!??!?!
Thanks for your imput.
Gina
I have a couple of questions. We originally made a 23L aseptic juice Cabernet Sauvignon (not sure of the brand). It came without directions, so we were winging it and ran into a little problem. When it was about 5 weeks old, we tested it and noticed that it had an off odor. It's hard to describe (ok, hard to remember by now...lol), but it reminded me of mucky vegetation....you know, wet leaves and grass that have been decaying for a while. Ken thought it smelled a little like BBQ sauce. The wine also hadn't cleared at that point, so we added Super-Kleer. A few weeks later, the wine was clear and had lost almost all of that odor. We also put in KMeta when we did the Super-Kleer.
Now....we've got our MM Sangiovese going. We tested (and tasted) it at 3 weeks of age and it had the same foul odor as the Cab.Ken still felt it smelled like BBQ sauce and I made the distinct association to a vase of flowers that has just died where the water had not been changed for a week. Yep........it smelled like that stagnant, old water. We added KMeta and later treated with Super-Kleer. We then racked it 2 weeks later and it still has that same foul odor and frankly, a foul taste.
What can this be?!?!??!?!
Thanks for your imput.
Gina