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Racking wine, lots of sediment, adding more plums
« on: August 19, 2012, 06:41:44 am »
Made a plum wine several weeks ago and it is in secondary and needs racking. I was hoping the sediment would drop more but looks like I am going to lose about 1/4 of the batch to sediment. Should I go ahead and rack off the sediment now or give it some more time to see if it collapses any more. It's been in secondary prolly three weeks.

Also, I have another gallon or so of plums in the freezer that I had planned on racking the wine onto. If I do this should I add more yeast and pectin enzyme?

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Re: Racking wine, lots of sediment, adding more plums
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2012, 07:18:40 am »
  If it is just sediment and not haze then give it time. I usually let my plum wine sit a month or 2 after the first racking and its clears completely.

  What is the purpose of adding the extra plums?
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Re: Racking wine, lots of sediment, adding more plums
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2012, 11:23:14 am »
just though it would punch up the aroma some. though it smells pretty "plummy now, still have the plums and wanna use them

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Re: Racking wine, lots of sediment, adding more plums
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2012, 01:23:10 pm »
They will probably start fermenting unless you add campden and sorbate first and let the yeast settle for a month or so then rack clean. I guess after that it would be like back sweetening with plum juice.

I have also found with fruit wine I get alot of very fine sediment that takes a long time to settle. I always put my carboy to rest where I will be racking from for a week or so before racking to the bottling bucket. That way I don't have to move it and stir up the sediment again.
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