Question about capacity and head space

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I am making a port that makes 3 gallons. This is the 2nd time with this recipe. The first time, over a full bottle would not fit in the 3 gallon carboy and had to be discarded (actually I drank it :cross:).

Question:

Can I use a 5 gallon carboy instead and purge the head-space with CO2 - will that protect the wine?
 
according to yooperbrew (i had previously asked the same thing), you dont want headspace, although im positive purging is better than nothing. Why not just buy a 1 gal growler and use that in conjunction with your 3 gal carboy?
 
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