I never heard of it described as a smell but fizzy taste or pricking of the
tongue is common. It is just dissolved CO2. If you want to bottle young
you probably want to degas it by stirring vigorously. Some people like the
fuzziness in which case you may want to bottle early to capture it. I do
not like it.

If you are going to bulk age it for 9 mo. to a year the it will go away
naturally and I would not recommend degassing.

Ray

"Igor" > wrote in message
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> Hello. I'm making my first batch of wine and one of my problems is that
> I don't know what new wine is supossed to smell or taste like. My batch
> was made with a Cabernet/Merlot blend of sterile must (Mosti Mondiale).
> Fermentation finished in October, then I cold stabilized it. The wine
> doesn't smell like rotten egg, but it has a very distinct and strong
> fizzy smell. Is this typical? I know that a lot of CO2 is produced
> during the fermentation, and I'm hoping that that is what I'm smelling.
> The taste is not really terrible or anything, but then again I've read
> that new wine doesn't taste or smell very good. I plan on bulk aging
> the wine for one year. Will the fizzy smell be gone by then? Is this
> fizzy smell a sign of some problem? Thanks.
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