On Sep 24, 3:52 pm, pp > wrote:
> Too much pectic enzyme will basically liquefy the grapes - this can
> make the must harder to press and will result in a lot of gross lees.

aha! thats what all that stuff is in the secondaries of my plums! been
having losses of about 1/6 that i was about to post here, but this
answers it.

BTW, first batch is starting to look ruby red, about 4 more months to
go before bottling.