hobbyiswine
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I have a batch of 2013 wild red mustang grape wine in the carboy. Fermentation has finished and I have racked the wine once. Had quite a bit of wine diamonds at the first racking. The wine smells and tastes quite good but is high in acid. I purchased some potassium bicarbonate to add to the wine to aid in dropping the acid. Question is when do I add it? The wine is just sitting in glass now but I have not added any sorbate or clearing agents. I also want to oak the wine with cubes or chips. Do I stabilize, clear/fine the wine, oak age it and then add the potassium bicarbonate? Or should I add it first and then do all the clearing, oaking, etc. If anyone has any input I would love to hear it!