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[zebbydog]

Hi Folks
Have just brewed my first batch of home wine. Youngs definitive peach and it has turned out very nice. My question is this. I have on the go now a 1 gall batch of Calfornia connosier zinfandel blush. The instructions say after the original ferment has finished at about 8 days, syphon into a clean vessel and put into a warm place for approx a further 12 days. I did this at day 8 and three days after I can see no further fermentation and indeed the wine is now starting to clear on its own. Should I go to the next step and add the stabiliser and finings or should I wait the full 12 days?

 

[granda]

it may be the wine has finished. check the gravity if it is in the .990-.996 range it may be finished best to ceck your instructios to see what they say it should finish at

 

[zebbydog]

Thanks for that.

 

[31bb3]

Welcome to the forum Zebbydog

 

[evanvine]

Welcome to the Forum ZD.
Don't worry, you have up to 6 weeks before you rack off from the sediment.
If the wine is clearing then let it do it's own thing, but it must be kept under a fermentation trap.
If not clear by 6 weeks then rack off and add your finings.
Add stabiliser when fully clear and bottle.