Re: gross lees vs. fine lees and when to rack

Jeff,
With that small amount of wine and large lees volume, consider centrifuging
the lees down to extract as much wine as possible. Tom S had insight on this
awhile ago and I've since bought an old clothes washer and hard wired it to
spin only. I haven't converted the pulleys to spin faster or remove the
brake (much better results would ensue) but an hour or so in the basket (in
containers, of course) settles out a significant amount of useable wine to
top off after losing so much in the racking operation.


Patrick

"jeff" <jchorniak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1_6dnXFhXYOjRqveRVn-3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The site on sur lie is very helpful. But I've also got a few lees
> questions, and have posted photos for a visual. The photos describe my
> sediment situation better than what I can in writing. The photos may also
> describe what others are experiencing at this point. I hope what you see
> will provide enough information to answer my questions.
>
> Go to: www.africusrex.com/temp The question on the temp site, and the
> pictures are self explanitory.
>
> Looking forward to answers and suggestions.
>
> Jeff
>


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