tonyportale
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Hello,
I have an WE Eclipse Chilean Malbec / Shiraz kit ready to go to step 3, clarification / racking. That 'step' is supposed to last approx. 8 days before going to step 4 - bottling. I have to go out of town and won't be back in time to perform step 4 after 8 days. The wine will be sitting in the carboy for a total of 16 days before I can get to racking / bottling it. Is that O.K. to leave the wine in the clarification step for that long before bottling? I will have someone to watch the airlock.
Cheers,
Tony
I have an WE Eclipse Chilean Malbec / Shiraz kit ready to go to step 3, clarification / racking. That 'step' is supposed to last approx. 8 days before going to step 4 - bottling. I have to go out of town and won't be back in time to perform step 4 after 8 days. The wine will be sitting in the carboy for a total of 16 days before I can get to racking / bottling it. Is that O.K. to leave the wine in the clarification step for that long before bottling? I will have someone to watch the airlock.
Cheers,
Tony