I made a fortied apple wine - around 15% ABV and a FG of 1,030.
I had it in a small oak barrel for 3 months and just finished bottling it all. Looked awesome - crystal clear.
BUT - I didn’t add any campden !??
Is this really a must? Should I empty all bottles and start again with added campden this time? Or will it keep on for a year or two?
Hope I didn’t mess up! I usually make cider and don’t add anything at bottling — but that is also gone within a year![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Thx for any advice or input![Folded hands :pray: 🙏](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64f.png)
I had it in a small oak barrel for 3 months and just finished bottling it all. Looked awesome - crystal clear.
BUT - I didn’t add any campden !??
Is this really a must? Should I empty all bottles and start again with added campden this time? Or will it keep on for a year or two?
Hope I didn’t mess up! I usually make cider and don’t add anything at bottling — but that is also gone within a year
Thx for any advice or input
![Folded hands :pray: 🙏](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64f.png)