pete1325
Senior Member
I racked a 6 gallon carboy of Merlot (from grapes) yesterday that has been bulk ageing since November. It was on oak chips and due to the temps warming it started to overflow, and was actually bubbleing too. I desided to rack (off the oak and degass) into a 5 gallon carboy using the whip device with a power drill. I did it in stages so not to create a huge mess with overflow.....that seemed to work out okay I guess. I put the balance of the wine in a one gallon jug (not degassed) and had a glass (or two) last night. It diffinently had some fizz to it. So today I desided to put the wine in seperate 7.5 litter bottles. Now I read here somewhere that shaking the wine in a bottle will help degass the wine. Well let me tell ya.....I filled a bottle half way and shook the snot out of it and it was like soda......lots of carbonation. I did it a few time, per bottle, until all the fizz went away........did this for all the bottles. My question is......was this an exceptional way to degass or will this wine be trash?
Also, when using the whip device in a carboy won't the vortex suck air into the wine? I sort of splashed the top then went down and then the top again so that wouldn't happen. Is there a good method to degassing with this whip?
Thanks, and sorry for the long thread..........
Also, when using the whip device in a carboy won't the vortex suck air into the wine? I sort of splashed the top then went down and then the top again so that wouldn't happen. Is there a good method to degassing with this whip?
Thanks, and sorry for the long thread..........