I suspect that a lot of the bouquet and some of the body will come back
after a month in bottle. It is probably still experiencing bottle shock. I
don't filter my wine but I would not think that it would cause the drastic
effect you are describing. But if you fined it, why would you filter it?
It should have cleared with the fining and the filtering could then remove
nothing but things that should have been left in.

Ray

"Rob M" > wrote in message
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> I just bottled on the Limited Edition Cellar Craft wines that give you
> 16L of juice/concentrate and a pack that has all the skins and seeds
> and stems in the kit. It is a red Malec/Merlot kit.
>
> I had some friends making the wine with me and we were tasting it
> throught the process. After tasting it when after finings we found it
> to be very rich and full bodied. After filtering and bottling, we
> found that it was no longer like that. It seems to have lost some of
> it's body and richness after filtering.
>
> Would it have been better to have not filtered? Any suggestions would
> be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob