"Harry Colquhoun" > wrote in message
om...
> 4nospam (Insprucegrove) wrote in message
>...
> > Do not understand how you can lose a gallon from sediment (you are
talking a
> > standard 23 litre kit?). That's 20% of your product gone.
> >
> > I might lose a little from racking, but nothing like that. The most I
have lost
> > is a litre or so. I usually top up with a bottle from similar wine made
before.
>
> That's how much sediment precipitated out of the wine. I thought it
> was a lot too, but there's not much I could do.
You could have saved that gunk and allowed it to settle further over the
course of months. Adding some bentonite slurry to it probably would have
helped speed things up a bit.
Tom S