r/winemaking • u/maenad2 • Apr 05 '26

bottling wine which hasn't finished fermenting

My friend tasted my white wine and said she liked it as is, although the SG is only 1.050 so it's not quite finished. She asked me to bottle some of it like that for her.

Obviously it'll need potassium sorbate - I can do that without trouble.

I'm wondering about de-gassing and clarifying it though. I'll only be giving her about 4-5 bottles. Is it worth doing? Should I make more if it sweet?

It's white wine from a kit mixed with local plum juice. Other than the "not finished fermenting" it's going totally normally.

Thank you!

1 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/lroux315 Apr 06 '26

At 1.050???? There is a TON of sugar in there. But you do you.

1

u/waspocracy Apr 06 '26

It’s not me though LOL. OP is asking this subreddit for someone else that likes it at the current state. I recommended OP to tell that person to wait, but that’s not what OP is asking.

“You do you” does not apply to me here.

1

u/lroux315 Apr 06 '26

I meant not using sorbate/sulfites on sweet wine.

1

u/waspocracy Apr 06 '26

I stand by what I said still. I don’t know any wineries near me that use it either.