Depends who you talk to. As long as MLF is going the wine shoild be
fine. The French supposedly don't add SO2 until the spring BUT I
usually add it as soon as MLF is done.

Bob

Jim wrote:
> After you rack the wine of the gross lees then add ML culture how long
> can you leave it under an air lock in a 23 liter carboid with out any
> SO2? I am concerned about the length of time it will take to complete
> ML.