> wrote:

> I was thinking the same thing. Paul is correct. Is it SO2 or H2S?
>
> On Feb 10, 9:12 pm, "Paul E. Lehmann" >
> wrote:
> > Shane Badham wrote:
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > I have a Chard kit wine which seems to have a harsh sulphur dioxide
> > > taste. Its now a month old and I had hoped it would dissipate.
> >
> > > Short of pouring it from demijohn to demijohn, has anyone any other
> > > suggestions.
> >
> > It would be good to first determine if it is sulphur dioxide or H2S.
> >
> > Does it smell of rotten egg? If it does, it is probably not sulphur
> > dioxide. I can't imagine a kit wine having you add too much sulphur
> > dioxide - unless you ignored what was in the kit and did your own thing.

It's definitely SO2 - I am familiar with the smell of bad eggs!

I used the standard sachet of "preservative" supplied.

I think I may have introduced extra sulphite when I sanitized the
container, but I usually make sure that it is well drained.

I will try a vigorous racking.

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