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I have done several Winexpert kits. The white wines are usually cleared fast and I can bottle directly and get no sediment after storing.My red wines are however usually a different story. I follow recipe and add both bentonite, kiselsol and chitosan, all in quite high quantities compared to the amount of wine. Then after 6 weeks I rack the wine into another damejeanne and leave it for 3 months and then rack it again for another 3 months until I bottle it. However even after giving red wines 6 months extra clearing when I flip a bottle I have stored I can see there is a layer of sediment stuck on the inside of the bottle glass.I'm thinking what is the best way to deal with clearing red wine? I'm not really a fan of bentonite since it creates alot of sediment which reduces the amount of wine I get after racking. Is there a better way of dealing with this like skipping bentonite, let the wine clear itself for like 6 months and then add the kiselsol and chitosan and leave it for another 3-6 months? Or is just minor sediment to be expected from kit wines? I.e. it will not affect the quality of the wine in a big way?
I have done several Winexpert kits. The white wines are usually cleared fast and I can bottle directly and get no sediment after storing.
My red wines are however usually a different story. I follow recipe and add both bentonite, kiselsol and chitosan, all in quite high quantities compared to the amount of wine. Then after 6 weeks I rack the wine into another damejeanne and leave it for 3 months and then rack it again for another 3 months until I bottle it. However even after giving red wines 6 months extra clearing when I flip a bottle I have stored I can see there is a layer of sediment stuck on the inside of the bottle glass.
I'm thinking what is the best way to deal with clearing red wine? I'm not really a fan of bentonite since it creates alot of sediment which reduces the amount of wine I get after racking. Is there a better way of dealing with this like skipping bentonite, let the wine clear itself for like 6 months and then add the kiselsol and chitosan and leave it for another 3-6 months? Or is just minor sediment to be expected from kit wines? I.e. it will not affect the quality of the wine in a big way?
