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I made up a 6 gal batch following all the kit directions and bottled it last November. I planned on letting it age until July or August of this year so a 8-9 month aging, but opened a bottle at the end of January. It tasted as I expected it like a "new" wine a kind of rough not smooth taste. I left about 1/3 bottle in the refrigerator while I was away for a month using a wine saver cork. fast forward until today about a month later and I tried that 1/3 bottle: it had smoothed out nicely and tasted fine! I don/t understand it. What does this tell me about the rest of the bottles aging in the cellar? my thought is that I should have paid more attention to degassing the 6 gal before bottling?
Any ideas would be helpful and thanks.
Joe
Any ideas would be helpful and thanks.
Joe