Mosti Mondiale secondary fermentation

[Trubador]

just curious.....how long do you all leave your wine in the secondary
fermenter. The instruction say 12 days. I have a tendency
to get lazy with my WE kits and would leave it in there for 20 to 30
days prior to the degassing stage.



Any problem or any advantage to stretching out the secondary fermentation stage to 20 to 30 days with an ALL Juice Mosti kit?

 

[Wade E]

There are pros and cons to this and I would guess that it really depends on if you have transferred all lees or if you have racked off lees from the primary bucket. If you have stirred up all the lees then I wouldnt go any further then that 30 days and that might even be pushing it as that is all dead yeast cells that could give your wine an off flavor. If you have racked off the initial lees without stirring it in then this would probably give your wine better mouthfeel as extended time on secondary leees is what lots of people do to accomplish this.