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Richard
 
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Charles H wrote:
> Richard wrote:
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>>I am trying to fiqure out what happened with my resiling. I fined with
>>Bentonite and sparkolloid and the wine became crystal clear but with
>>very little sediment(I cold stabilized it at the same time) When I
>>tasted the wine I thought it could use more tannin so I added, maybe too
>>much? four hours there was about 3/4 inch of sed in carboy and now the
>>wine is yellow/brown tinted with a hazy appearance. Could someone please
>>offer suggestion. Should I counter fine to get rid of Tannin?

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> Tannin and riesling aren't exactly the best of bedfellows. I'd wager
> that your wine just didn't have enough acid in it, rather than a lack of
> tannin (since a lack of tannin is characteristic of whites wines)
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> You can try fining with gelatin to try and strip the tannin...
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What I should have said was that It need correction to balance and for
some reason (maybe a senior moment) I added tannin instead of TA. Will I
have to counter the gelatin?