I am doing my first kit wine, a vintners reserve chianti. Thank you all for
the great advice so far. Today's question is one that has been buggin me as
of late.

On Feb 7, I did the "stabilising and clearing" and it is remarkably clear at
this point, only 8 days later. I can shine a flashlight on the carboy and
see light through the wine. The sediment is quite deep, I'd say about an
inch.

How dense is this sediment? Can I move the carboy (carrying it upstairs) on
the day I intend to bottle it? Should I rack it into a different carboy for
bottling? Should I move the carboy to the kitchen the day before I bottle
it and just bottle from the carboy?

Does wine stratify in secondary?

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Buy a man a beer and he wastes an hour.
Teach a man to brew and he wastes the rest of his life.