"LG1111" > wrote in message
...
> For the first time this year, I've had really healthy MLF's. After about
> a
> month of a very vigorous secondary, things are settling down, but there's
> still
> an occasional bubble....like you have to stare at the carboy to see the
> occasional blip. The temperature is relatively high (about 78 degrees),
> and
> I'm eager to sulfite the wine. I'd do a chromatogram, but in my
> experience,
> the minimal amount of residual malic acid spot that might be there is not
> going
> to be visible. My question is do I wait until there's ABSOLUTELY no
> activity,
> or is this unreasonable. For all I know, this is simply CO2 that might be
> in
> solution bubbling off.

Sounds like it's done. Sulfite, top up and bung it - bearing the usual
caveats if it's in a glass carboy.

Tom S

Tom S