Well, they might if you boil it!
Actually dissolution of the crystals is potentially possible but is very very slow and is thermodynamically disfavored. So - no problem.
Hey Doug thanks for posting, I wasn't going to cold stabilize my Chilean reds but it looks like I need to. Are you doing your reds?
Mike, Tilt your carboy and give it a few quick twists to get your crystals to fall to one side. Stick a 2x4 under the high side for a day or two. Now rack your carboy keeping your racking cane up high away from the low side with the crystals. Now rack the last little bit into a smaller container the best you can. Run that little bit through a coffee filter to catch any crystals that slip by.
On the same topic, I would highly recommend cold stabilizing any wine that I intended to serve chilled. I learn after bottling my cranberry mead that it clouds up when chilled due to the precipitation of acid.
actualy thats caused by chill haze , which is a reaction of the proteins in the wine when they get cold.
thats why bentonite is often used to fine white wine , it binds unstable proteins .
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