Made a Merlot in a 6 gallon carboy. Used bentonite for hot stability during fermentation. Racked. Then chilled it for 20 days in 20 to 30 deg F for cold stability. After using Superclear for fining racked again and aged an additonal 6 months in the carboy and finally filtered with a 1 micron mechanical filter. Bottled the wine in September to make room for a new batch. Two weeks later I noticed a light flakey precipitate. The wine tastes great. The precip settles quickly and is easy to remove during decanting. The wine is still clear. Any ideas on what happened?
No bottle stability
Jan 21, 2006
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