Mosti Mondiale All Juice merlot

[salmo1]

Update on the MM masters old vines merlot - stabilized and transferred to carboy about2 weeks ago. Pulled a sample - tasted and smelled great, but the wine was still cloudy. Hopefully this will clear after a couple or rackings.

 

[ibglowin]

Have you added the clarifying agents?

 

[salmo1]

Clarifying agents were added when I stabilized and degassed it. It had quite a bit of CO2 which took some time to whip out.

 

[ibglowin]

MM Kits are pretty good about clearing with 72 hours after adding the fining agents. Make sure your have it fully degassed and keep it warm (at least 72)

 

[tonyt]

I'm really not surprised. I have a MM Meglioli Amarone that I clarified for two weeks, never really cleared completely. So I racked and am keeping in carboy hoping it will clear some more. It has been sitting 5 weeks since last racking and is still not as clear as the other kits (8) I have done. I plan to keep it in carboy until April 2011 just for a little age not really expecting it to clarify more. It is quite acceptable as is.

Do all kits usually clear to "crystal" or are their degrees of clear?

 

[ibglowin]

Most every kit I have done was pretty much crystal clear after 2 weeks (using the supplied fining agents). Only one kit was as stubborn as a mule and that was my CC Showcase Viognier. Took a double dose of SuperKleer and almost 2 months to clear but it did end up crystal clear as well.