I am making the 3 gallon recipe of Apple Wine using Vintner's Apple Wine Base. I added all of the ingredients per the recipe to the bucket on 1/26. On 1/28, the 1/28 the sg was 1.078 and I added the yeast (Red Star Cote des Blancss yeast. On 1/29 the sg was 1.072; I stirred the top half of the must. I stirred again on 1/30 and 1/31. On 1/31, the sg was .990. I racked the wine today (2/1); sg is .990. The instructions on the label said to rack at 1.040 but I missed that...the sg seemed to drop fast.
The next step says to rack the wine again in 3-4 weeks when the sg reaches 1.010 and 1.000 and then add 1 crushed Campden tablet per gallon of must. Since the sg is already below that, should I add the tablets now or should I wait the 3-4 weeks? Did I ruin this batch?
The next step says to rack the wine again in 3-4 weeks when the sg reaches 1.010 and 1.000 and then add 1 crushed Campden tablet per gallon of must. Since the sg is already below that, should I add the tablets now or should I wait the 3-4 weeks? Did I ruin this batch?