Shocking!??

[vernsgal]

I have a question regarding bottle shock.
When you bulk age a wine how long should you wait before opening?
If I bulk aged a wine for 12 month then bottled for example, when would the "bottle shock" be gone? I have read several different time frames on it, going from a few weeks to 3 months.
Also,off topic,when you label your wines after having bulk aged, do you put the bottling date on the label or the date it was finished and just sat aging?

 

[richmke]

The younger the wine, the less time it needs to recover. So, for you, a month is more than enough. A 10 year old bottle may need a lot of time for the sediment to resettle after shipping.

The date is the date the yeast was pitched.

 

[DoctorCAD]

Actually, the vintage date is the year the grapes were harvested. It may be a little difficult to tell with a kit wine, so pitching date is close enough.

 

[Julie]

I aged my wines for a year before bottling and bottle shock seems to be gone within a couple of weeks. And I add the date when the wine was started and the date when I bottled.