Joe Giller > wrote in message >...
> In both of my Chardonnays from last year. Is it related to the sulfur
> used on the vineyard itself? Is there something I can do to get it out
> of the wine? My buddy had the same problem with his chard from the same
> vineyard. We picked on the same day and followed the same practices, etc.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joe

Burnt matches means excessive sulfur dioxide. It could possibly be
related to sulfur use in the vineyard if it was done too late in the
growing season but a better guess would probably be too much SO2 added
during winemaking.

- Mark W.