Well, the finings have worked the wine is beautifully clear.
However if you look closely there is a distinct layer of sediment at the bottom of the demijohn. So we will use the siphon to rack off the wine into a clean, sterilised demijohn.
Now to be honest, we could just bottle that wine. But I want a really crystal clear professional finish. So we will use a wine filter.
The filter consists of a piece of siphon tube with a squeeze valve, a frame (the red base, a disposable filter pad (the white thing), a support mesh (the black thing) and a screw tensioner (the red circular arrangement on top of the support mesh and filter pad). It is assembled as shown and then filled with water to soak and swell the fibres of the filter. Think of it as a very fine, very efficient coffee filter. A white base fits on the filter (its upside down in this photo) to guide the wine into another clean, sterile demijohn. When assembled it looks like this
If you look at the filter, you will see a ling pipe bringing wine down from a raised demijohn (just like racking off). There is also a shorter pipe used for bleeding off any trapped air.
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However if you look closely there is a distinct layer of sediment at the bottom of the demijohn. So we will use the siphon to rack off the wine into a clean, sterilised demijohn.
Now to be honest, we could just bottle that wine. But I want a really crystal clear professional finish. So we will use a wine filter.
The filter consists of a piece of siphon tube with a squeeze valve, a frame (the red base, a disposable filter pad (the white thing), a support mesh (the black thing) and a screw tensioner (the red circular arrangement on top of the support mesh and filter pad). It is assembled as shown and then filled with water to soak and swell the fibres of the filter. Think of it as a very fine, very efficient coffee filter. A white base fits on the filter (its upside down in this photo) to guide the wine into another clean, sterile demijohn. When assembled it looks like this
If you look at the filter, you will see a ling pipe bringing wine down from a raised demijohn (just like racking off). There is also a shorter pipe used for bleeding off any trapped air.
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