Cloudy wine

[baz14]

I have bought more of the clearing agent and used it all but still my white wine pinot grigio not clear plz help??
I have degassed then added finnings a& b
It is in a plastic carboy from a fermenting bucket??
Can I bottle it cloudy and drink it???????

 

[TonyP]

I've read through your other postings and see you've made a lot of effort in getting this right. I'd say you're almost there. While you can probably bottle and drink the wine as is, I wouldn't do it. Cloudy wine will not clear in the bottle and with your effort it would be a shame to stop so close to the end.

In all likelihood, your wine probably needs some time to clear - perhaps a week or so to see results. Let us know a few things that may have been in earlier posts, but I didn't see them. What was the hydrometer reading when fermentation ended - prior to adding k-meta? When was that? How do you know the wine's fully degassed? When did you add the clearing agent and which one did you use?

 

[jimmyjames23]

I hear Sparkleoid works well for whites. Did you use a pectic enzyme?

 

[baz14]

Never use the hydrometer I left in primary for bout 3-4weeks well after airlock stopped bubbling and followed instructions after racking to carboy I degassed by stirring hard and shaking carboy vigorously cos got no other way to degassed I have tried degassing again so gonna leave for week or so !!!!

 

[TonyP]

baz, you're coming up on the hardest thing to do in wine making: nothing. My guess is that you stirred everything back into solution when you degassed and added clearing agents. Leave it for a while. If it's in an area that gets light, put a towel around it and leave it alone for a while - at least a week. Then check to see if wine is starting to clear. Bottling could be in March or April.

 

[baz14]

Was hoping to bottle soon cos have got a red wine in primary that was gna rack to carboy!!
So will red wine be ok to stay in my primary fermentation bucket????
Thanks for your help tony mate!!
Baz in UK Cheshire

 

[TonyP]

Was hoping to bottle soon cos have got a red wine in primary that was gna rack to carboy!!
So will red wine be ok to stay in my primary fermentation bucket????
Thanks for your help tony mate!!
Baz in UK Cheshire

What happened? Looking back, I saw your first post said the white would be your first and last experience. Did you get the bug?

You'll have a difficult (if not, impossible) time making two batches of wine simultaneously with what you've got. The Pinot Grigio will take at least 3 weeks to clear, possibly longer. There's no way you should have the red in primary for that long; I wouldn't go over 7-10 days, max. Either wait until you're ready to bottle before you start the next one or get a second carboy, preferably glass.

While you're at it, you'll need another airlock and bung. Also get a hydrometer.

 

[oldwhiskers]

1+ on the hydrometer, without it you never really know if it is done or stuck.

 

[jimmyjames23]

Yes. You can rack the red to a couple of buckets, clean the carboy (very, very well then sterilize) and simply transfer it back to the carboy from whence it came. Use a siphon if possible. Pouring will mostly defeat the point of racking.