blackberry wine cloudy

Jan 28, 2004 1 Replies

I am playing with the batch of blackberry wine that I started over the summer. Post-ferment, the TA was 1.4 percent. I added 2 oz. of Potasium Carbonate to the 5.5 gallons I had, topped it off with another wine I had, and that brought the TA down to about 1.1 or so. When I did this, I also racked and added some getatine to fine the wine.



After more than a month and a half, the wine is still cloudy - almost chalky. How long should it take for this to settle out?



Would now be a good time to put this in my garage and cold-stabelize? For that, I want it down in the 30's for a few weeks, right?



When I do this, should I look at adding another fining agent from my LHS or try gelatine again?



Thanks!



Alex.


Cold stablization is probably not a bad idea, it might work it might not. If you did not add pectic enzyeme to you must you maybe suffering from a pectin haze, which is quite common in fruit wines (blackberry/raspberry wines are almost famous for pectin hazes). The cold stabilization is cheaper (free) to do if you are in a coldish climate, pectic enzyeme is cheap and simle to use though. Pick one to try, if it doesn't work try the other. Personally I would try it in this order Cold Stabilization, Pectic Enzyeme, different Fining agent. Ken

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