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Default racking off primary


> wrote in message
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>I think I killed my wine. I did five gallons of merlot using
> concentrate. My starting sg was1.080. After I racked, there was
> about 1/2 gallon headspace. I top it off with 2 quarts of grape juice
> and now my sg reading is 1.0. I added 5 crushed campden tabs. With
> this reading does this mean 0 alcohol content or can I save it?


Assuming the wine was dry when you racked, it would have contained
about 10.6%ABV. Adding the grape juice would have caused about
a 10% dilution leaving you with about 9.5%ABV presently in the wine.
Barely adequate. The added sugar may cause the ferment to
restart, so leave it under airlock for a while to see.