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I have a problem with persistent (though slight) bubbling from several
batches of "completed" white wine. I've considered that I have residual sugar, but they're bone dry. I've also considered incomplete MLFs, but the wines have been well sulfited, and have been treated with lysozyme. The clincher was when I agitated the wine and found that I could immediately get a layer of foam. At that point, I concluded that my problem was just dissolved CO2. Does this make sense? At that point, I put a stirrer on a power drill and found that I could immediately get a 3 inch layer of foam in the carboy. I let that dissipate over about an hour, but then stirred it again and I'm still getting layers of foam. Even just using a syringe and sucking out and then squirting back 10 cc of wine will illicit bubbles and foaming. So, now what do I do? Should I just keep stirring? I don't want to bottle anything that's still bubbling, and for that matter I'm in no rush to bottle. But just to have an occasional bubble rise to the surface could take years for this wine to settle down. By the way, the wine has been fined and is crystal clear, with no sediment whatsoever. It was started about 4 months ago. These wines include gewurtztraminer, viognier, sauvignon blanc, reisling, and pinot gris. Same issue with all of them. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Lee |
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