On Apr 6, 3:32 am, "anton" wrote:
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Thanks muchly, fascinating research, truly. One question....do wines
really throw a new sediment just cus they are old? If bottled
brilliant (as one would hope top notch wines are) even if they threw a
sediment over ten years it would surely be almost immeasurable given
the fact the wine appeared brilliant at bottling, no?

Whites maybe
All the best reds (in Australia anyway) go nowhere near a filter.
The bottling plants use a plain screen or sieve.
As the winemakers say its only there to stop the occasional stray grape
picker or grapevine limb out of the bottle.

Anton



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Reds will throw a sediment regardless of the clarity once they get old
enough. No one in any old, established wine community (like Europe
for example) considers that a defect; they actually consider it a mark
of authenticity as to the age of a wine. It can be very fine, not
necessarily crystalline.

Joe