Too much air during bottling...shock or oxidized?

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Lizzybob

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While bottling my RJS Barolo, I used my bottle filler, except for the last couple of bottles. For those, I filled directly from the spigot in my bucket. Lots of air was introduced during this. So, have I ruined these bottles, or do they simply need extra time to get over the bottle shock (extreme as it may be)? :pee
 
If you've got the proper amount of SO2 (K-meta) in your wine you'll be okay. In addition to killing bacteria, SO2 is also an antioxidant and will protect against small amounts of O2.

Fred
 
Who knows, maybe by introducing so much oxygen into those last bottles...they may turn out the best.

Such is the mystery of wine.

That being said...don't dump out the other 27 bottles.
 

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