Cellar Craft Urgent Help Making a kit for my brother, thoughts?

[Sammyk]

I did not add anything even though there were no elderberries as stated.
Down from 1.090 to 1.060 today. Emailed a photo yesterday to my brother who lives in FL. He is excited!

 

[Sammyk]

Woo hoo! Bob's wine is down to 1.000 today and so is my Wildberry Shiraz. The Blueberry Pom is poking along at 1.050. They were all started the same day and are all sitting on the kitchen table.

 

[Sammyk]

My brothers wine

We are at the 3 month mark on my brothers wine, RJ Spagnols Cellar Classic Cabernet Shiraz. I has been tucked away and the air locks checked weekly.

He will be here around May 15th and we will bottle then and he will take back home to MI.
Other than aging in 1 gallon carboys, nothing else has been done.

Should I rack to clean carboys and add Campden now? There is about a 1/4 inch of sediment in the bottom of the carboys.

Or should I leave it until the 15th of May, add campden and then bottle the same day?
He will only be here 2 days before he goes back to MI for the summer.

 

[Sammyk]

Bump! Any answers to my last question, please?

 

[Boatboy24]

I would rack now, then again before bottling.

 

[Sammyk]

I was thinking that but I did not want to mess up his wine.

Thank you!

 

[Boatboy24]

Do you have any way to test SO2? If not, 1/8 teaspoon might not be a bad idea.

Of KMeta, that is.

 

[Sammyk]

No on the So2. Too expensive to buy.

 

[Sammyk]

Tomorrow is the big day! My brother will arrive here in NC from FL on his way back to his summer home in MI and we will be bottling his wine for him to take back home. The wine has been aging for months now. I removed the airlocks, added new sanitized ones. I did not taste then on March 16th but added a pinch of kmeta to each of the 6 gallon carboys.
[FONT=&quot]Cabernet/Shiraz Blend by Cellar Classics was the kit and it was started January 15th.[/FONT] I know only 4 months but it looks nice and clear.
Wish me luck!

 

[shoebiedoo]

If it were me, I would have a glass right out of the corboy before you bottle. You'll have a better idea what it will taste like that way. Wines have a tendency to go into bottle shock and loose their oomph for while. He might be disappointed if you bttle then drink. But that's just me

 

[FABulousWines]

Good luck Sammy. I am sure your brother will be very grateful for your efforts. I know it is still green but do have a taste and let us know how it turned out.

 

[Sammyk]

We do plan to try it tomorrow while bottling. Do you think I will need to add more kmeta before we bottle?

 

[Boatboy24]

In the absence of any way to measure SO2, I'd give it 1/8 teaspoon, just to be safe.

Have fun!

 

[Sammyk]

I wanted to let everyone know that my brother loved the wine even though it was not fully aged. We did back sweeten to 1.005 with inverted sugar. He took the bottled wine back to MI with him when he left.