Is this sediment or something else??

[Bill Rippe]

I was rotating bottle of an experimental wine and I noticed black spots on the bottom. I am hoping that it’s just sediment. They were on the bottom of the bottles not in the air bubble.

Anyone seen this? Did I screw up somewhere? I’ve done more than 15 batches of different wines and this is the first time I’ve seen this.

Thanks!

 

[Bill Rippe]

Evidently my phone did not upload the picture.

Black in fruit wine

• Bill Rippe
• Mar 25, 2018

When rotating bottles I found this black in the bottom of the bottles. Hoping it’s sediment from...

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Rotating? Do you mean moving the from one place to another, or turning the bottle a quarter to prevent sediment from "sticking" for lack of a better word? Was it a red wine?

 

[Bill Rippe]

Rotating? Do you mean moving the from one place to another, or turning the bottle a quarter to prevent sediment from "sticking" for lack of a better word? Was it a red wine?

Turning the bottles in the rack. It is a fruit wine. Watermelon to be exact. I'm hoping it is just the tannins we added falling out.

 

[georgeburgin]

I would have a question about how cloudy the wine is too...