On Mar 6, 12:23 pm, wrote:
> 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?

I'm not quite sure why you added grape juice to Merlot, if it was
Concord juice the taste of the Merlot will be altered. It's not good
practice to add sugar (from the grape juice) and sulfite and the same
time IF you want the grape juice to ferment out also. If you do and
it isn't active try racking with splashing, it will get some oxygen to
the wine and reduce the sulfite level. If you like it as is leave it
alone. I would agree that a little less than 10% alcohol is not a
good place to be for stability also.

Next time consider topping with wine, store bought if necessary.
There are box wine out there that are not awful.

The wine isn't ruined but it has been altered, taste it and repost if
you don't like it.

Joe