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Wine making final stage

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  • 11-09-2010 9:36pm
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    claytonie
    Registered Users Posts: 251 ✭✭


    Hi

    Just nearing the end of my first experiment with making wine at home and I used the Advintage Moments Merlot kit from Homebrewwest. I followed all the steps to the tee and made sure that everything was absolutely clean and sterile throughout the process.

    On the last stage I degassed the wine using the drill powered degassing attachment, I did this for a good bit over about an hour and half assuming this would have taken all the gas out the wine. I left the wine in a cool dark place for a further 10 days and just went to check it today to see if I can bottle and straight away on tasting the wine I get a prickly sensation on the tongue as if there is still way to much gas in the wine.

    I am not sure now what to do, can I degas again and then leave in the carboy again for a few more days or do I degas and bottle straight away. Any help would be hugely appreciated.

    If I shake a glass of wine I get a gas release when I take my hand off it after doing this a couple of times and leave it to settle the wine actually tastes very good and smooth.


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    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    Have you decided to do anything yet? There is no reason you can't degass it again but to be honest I would just bottle it.


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    claytonie
    Registered Users Posts: 251 ✭✭claytonie


    I degassed again but added 5 camden tablets to stop oxidisation, have bottled the wine and opened the first bottle tonight and for my first batch I have to say i'm really happy much better than most of the sub €10 bottles of wine you can get in supermarket :D

    Goin to start my next batch of Cab Sauv over the weekend which should have me well stocked for the cold winter months on the way.


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