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Your Zinfandel probably had a good reason (in the wine’s opinion, anyway) why it didn’t go through ML fermentation.
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Spices and other added flavorings in home winemaking are one of the trickiest things to get right.
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Wine clarifiers, or ‘fining agents’ as they (and a whole host of other wine-finishing additives) are called, are creatures of degrees.
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I suspect you’ve got a fatty acid issue caused by your stuck/sluggish fermentation. S. cerevisiae can emit fatty acids when under
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. . . you could also buy some powdered grape tannin, use oak chips, or even use a cup of strong black tea to add some tannin backbone to the
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No matter which strain you use, be sure that you read up on all the specifications from the manufacturer around ideal performance conditions
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. . . a lot of sediment we find in wines actually forms after the wine is bottled, and is nothing that filtration can control.
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