This is the my first batch of Merlot and it seems I got off on the wrong foot. The Merlot starting SG was 1.092 and TA: 1.05%. I used Lavlin V1... yeast. Fermentation started easily and went without issues until I noticed an H2S smell towards the end of fermentation. The fermenetation appeared to have finished so I pressed and put in DJ. The SG turned out to be 1.010 and ended up overflowing out of the DJ several times. I cleaned up took a little out and finished fermenting without further incident. A few days later I racked to a clean DJ, added oak chips and MLF expecting that I had beat the H2S smell. Now 3 weeks into MLF I notice that it still has a noticeable H2S smell.
Should I rack and aerate now in the middle of a vigorous MLF fermentation or should I wait a few more weeks for MLF to complete before racking? I want the MLF fermentation to complete.
thanks Sarge