help with cherry WOW

[matthew_pullin]

Hi Guys

I started a cherry wow about 4 weeks ago now everything went well in getting it into the DJ and it had a good 2 weeks fermenting. I killed it off and racked it to 2nd DJ to clear this is where im having the problem. I could not see any improvement in the clarity of the wine on Wednesday so i added more pectolase and gave it another dose of vin-clear. Iv come back to it today and looked like no change. The room i store it in is fairly dull so i grabbed a torch shined it through and found it to be actually really clear just almost black in colour.
Now hear is the problem while flashing the torch around i found what can only be described as stalactites hanging down from the surface of the wine Is my wine infected or is that what happens sometimes? Its does not smell off its actually nice and fruity, iv not had a taste yet.

Have any of you experienced this before?

Cheers

Matt

 

[LeedsBrewer]

:wha: not heard of that before?? I'd do a taste test. If it tastes fine then it probably is ok. Bottle it and open one in a month or two.

My RGJ and Apple tasted off at bottling time but now tastes great.

 

[Abiruth]

I started a cherry wow about 4 weeks ago now everything went well in getting it into the DJ and it had a good 2 weeks fermenting. I killed it off and racked it to 2nd DJ to clear this is where im having the problem. I could not see any improvement in the clarity of the wine on Wednesday so i added more pectolase and gave it another dose of vin-clear. Iv come back to it today and looked like no change. The room i store it in is fairly dull so i grabbed a torch shined it through and found it to be actually really clear just almost black in colour.
Now hear is the problem while flashing the torch around i found what can only be described as stalactites hanging down from the surface of the wine Is my wine infected or is that what happens sometimes? Its does not smell off its actually nice and fruity, iv not had a taste yet.

Hmmm. How much pectolase have you added? Did you get a hydrometer reading before stabilising?

Just wondering if either it's a pectin haze (i've had ones that look like tendrils from the surface) or if you added a stabiliser before the ferment was complete.

:drink:

 

[matthew_pullin]

sorry did not take a reading it had been a good few weeks. it was actually 2 and a half weeks in primary FV > campden tab added with Potassium Sorbate left for 3 days > racked into 2nd DJ with another campden tab and 2 cap full of Vinclear. no change after week and a half > additional 2 flat tsp of pectolase added with another 2 caps of vinclear.

Just thrown up a Hail Mary, gave it a light shake and they have dropped lets hope they dont return :pray:

Ill bottle some time this week if all is well

 

[Abiruth]

sorry did not take a reading it had been a good few weeks. it was actually 2 and a half weeks in primary FV > campden tab added with Potassium Sorbate left for 3 days > racked into 2nd DJ with another campden tab and 2 cap full of Vinclear. no change after week and a half > additional 2 flat tsp of pectolase added with another 2 caps of vinclear.

Very odd. Yeah maybe just add another tsp of pectolase and bottle after a few days. You don't expect these things from WOWs! The one I've got on at the mo has been going for 2 weeks solid with no sign of finish. Just popped some citric acid in so see of the acidity's off and it's going like a belter again

:drink:

 

[matthew_pullin]

This is only my second WOW the first was an apple and it did not go all that well i found it hard to get that clear as well but look how it turned out. Im rather chuffed with it the glass is dirty but the wine is clear

apple wow by mattypullin, on Flickr

 

[Abiruth]

This is only my second WOW the first was an apple and it did not go all that well i found it hard to get that clear as well but look how it turned out. Im rather chuffed with it the glass is dirty but the wine is clear

Looks very drinkable :

:drink: