Wine left on lees too long?

[AlexPKeaton]

Making a MM Renaissance Sauvignon Blanc. Racked to secondary and added oak chips on 1/25. So, the wine was on the lees and oak for almost two months. Should the wine be ok? I thought the added time on the lees would even help the wine.

 

[1tonmama]

I think you'll be fine but the wine should be racked to a clean carboy sooner rather than later. The rule of thumb I've read somewhere, and generally abide by, is maximum of 60 days between the racking if the wine is still dropping sediments.

 

[TonyP]

You should be fine on racking, although you should do so soon. I'm more concerned about the wood chips. I believe nearly 2 months is far longer than the chips should stay in the wine. (Of course I don't know the quantity of chips added.) The issue, I believe is more that the chips will start to degrade over time, rather than the intensity of the oak. The oak probably lost all flavor weeks ago.