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Bottling temperature

Hello

At this time of year my wine cellar is very cold. (5C/42F) Is this too cold to bottle. Should I move the DJ out and let it warm up before bottling.

Or can I just leave a little more ullage so that I don't overfill the bottles?

thanks

Joe

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Pino
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Hi Joe, I would move the wine into a warm room and let it warm up to about 70 degrees before bottling. Bottling always introduces a lot of oxygen into the wine and cold wine can hold almost twice as much oxygen as 70 degree wine. Good luck, Lum Del Mar, California, USA

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Lum Eisenman

Thanks Lum!

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Pino

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