Old Muscadine in Secondary

[mxsteve625]

I have an old Noble Grape Muscadine that has been in the secondary since about September of last year. K-Meta was added up until Decmber 2010, It should have been botlled around the end of Decmebr 2010. How do I determine if this can be bottled or should it be discarded? 8 - 9 Months without K-Meta.Clarity is good. Doesn't look as if critters are in there.

 

[Flem]

I would taste it. If it tastes good, check the sulphite level, adjust if necessary, and bottle it. IMO

 

[mrpoland]

Put some wine to the glass. Keep the glass in the warm room for a day or 2. You can add few crystals of sugar. If the wine is clear after a day you can bottle it. If it changed it means fermentation started from left over yeast. Then you need to stabilize again and then bottle it.

 

[Julie]

As Flem said, taste if and test the so2 levels. Actually if it taste fine, it's good.

Noble is a very good Muscadine wine, enjoy it.

 

[mxsteve625]

Thanks Julie,

This is actually the second five gallon from the same ten gallon primary.

The first five gallons bottled is gone.

 

[Julie]

Lol as u see that is not a wine that will stay on the shelf for long. I ration have to ration mine

 

[Sirs]

I have an old Noble Grape Muscadine that has been in the secondary since about September of last year. K-Meta was added up until Decmber 2010, It should have been botlled around the end of Decmebr 2010. How do I determine if this can be bottled or should it be discarded? 8 - 9 Months without K-Meta.Clarity is good. Doesn't look as if critters are in there.

LOL none of my wines have ever had k-meta added at anytime