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Does it make a difference what sort of container you use to age your wine?


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On 10/7/2011 4:43 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> Does it make a difference what sort of container you use to age your wine?
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Very much so. Plastics of all sorts are gas-permeable, and hence
unsuitable for long-term storage of wine, as oxygen can dissolve through
the walls of the vessel. Best for most home winemakers is a glass carboy
fitted with an airlock filled with potassium metabisulfite.

Next best container for aging is a tightly corked wine bottle.

I seem to get the best results from about a year bulk-aging in carboys,
followed by 2+ years in bottles.

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