Other No MLF in wine kits?

[BeerAlchemist]

So help me wrap my head around this, my understanding is that you don't do a MLF in a wine kit because they contain a significantly higher level of malic acid so MLF would result in much more lactic acid then normal and thus to low a final pH?

That said, how is the wine ever stable? Is it simply a matter of processing at the kit factory that sterilizes the juice and then we hope we don't accidentally get some MLF bacteria in the finished product?

 

[robie]

The kits are pre-balanced in such a way that MLF is not necessary. Enough lysozyme has been pre-added to prevent a spontaneous MLF from happening to the kit. Basically, an MLF would never start on a kit.

Kits come with sorbate. If sorbate is present when an MLF is done, a very bad taste results and the wine is no longer considered drinkable.

So, never try to do an MLF on a kit wine.

 

[BeerAlchemist]

Perfect, that was what I was looking for. I'm just not a fan of being told to do or not to do something and then have no reason provided.