Malolactic fermentation in Blackberry wine

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Fletch

Malolactic fermentation in Blackberry wine

Post by Fletch » Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:37 pm

I made 3 gallon of blackberry wine last year. When fermentation stopped I racked off sediment and added stabiliser. I them left it in the three Demi johns to mature.

I sampled last winter and they were tasted really acidic.

I returned to them in June and to my surprise saw activity in the airlock. I sampled one and it tasted great.

Could the activity be malolactic fermentation and if so, what should I do now as there is still activity in the airlocks?

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Re: Malolactic fermentation in Blackberry wine

Post by oldbloke » Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:10 am

If you're pretty sure the sugar was gone it probably is malolactic. Result!

Fletch

Re: Malolactic fermentation in Blackberry wine

Post by Fletch » Mon Aug 24, 2015 6:28 am

Thanks for the reply oldbloke

So do I need to wait till the airlock stops or can I bottle now? Will I need to stabilise again?

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