This is the first Mango wine I am making (1 gallon). I am going to be racking from my secondary to another secondary soon. What should I use to top off the secondary when I rack? There is a decent level of sediment on the bottom, so I figure I will have a lot of headspace.
Mago wine and topping off
May 23, 2004
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Your supposed to top off with a similar wine but I've always been bothered with topping off myself. If your making a mango wine for the first time you obviously don't have any to spare for topping off and since your supposed to top off every few months until clear..... hmmm
When making wine from scratch I always make a little extra, say 1 litre and so when I rack to the carboy for the first time I'm left with extra wine which I put in a smaller bottle. Then on second racking I have enough for topping off but then nothing for the next time so I open a bottle of whatever's fermenting or as close as possible and top off with this but it doesn't always work out that way depending on what you have stocked up. Phew! that was a long sentence!
Kit wines are a bigger problem because they don't give you the extra you need for topping off so you have to rely on what you have or go out and buy some :oP
Not knowing what you have to top off with, I would suggest peach. Banana would be a good non-descript wine. Apple may work. If all you have is grape, maybe Chardonnay. Taste it and if it is low or high in acid you might pick a wine to adjust it.
Ray
Thanks.
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