Thanks I will bulk age.

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"Richard Kovach" > wrote in message
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> It is a fining agent, used to clear the wine. In my experience, if
> you're willing to bulk age the wine for 3 or 4 months it will clear on
> its own and not require the chitosan.
>
> Kit manufacturers include it because so many of their customers want
> to bottle in 4-8 weeks rather than months, and include far more fining
> agents per litre of wine than any "normal" winemakers would ever use.
> There seems to be general consensus that fining the hell out of your
> wine rather than letting it clear with time will no doubt strip at
> least some flavour/aroma/color compounds out of the wine, but it is
> debatable just how much. The one time that I did side-by-side trials
> (making the same kit the "patient" way vs the "fast" way) I couldn't
> really tell any difference.
>
> The one thing that *does* make a huge difference in these kits,
> especially the premium-priced ones, is to age the wine for at least
> 12-18 months before consuming -- especially if using Red Star Premier
> Cuvee yeasts, as is often included in these kits. Any early than that
> and you're not experiencing anything close to the maximum quality.
> And if you're willing to do that, you might as well let it spend the
> first 3-6 months bulk aging in the carboy and not bother with the
> chitosan.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Richard
>
> "Dave Planche" > wrote in message
news:<QP9Zb.565274$X%5.68862@pd7tw2no>...
> > How important is this chitosan. It comes in all the kits I have made (at
> > least 70) and I always use it but in the kit I started yesterday
(Barolo)
> > the bag this stuff comes in was broken. Thanks Dave