Conversion of volumes (gal to L)
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Tool Tips
Input Guidance
- Volume: Enter the total volume to be treated.
- Current Titratable Acidity: Enter the current acidity of your wine in g/L (as tartaric acid).
- Target Titratable Acidity: Enter your desired acidity level after treatment.
Single Salt Deacidification
Fill in the fields below to calculate single salt deacidification:
All units must be converted to the metric system.
Carbonate addition factor
67 g/100L
Carbonate Addition
333.7 g
Single salt process:
- Only precipitates tartaric acid.
- Useful if tartaric acid is high enough (never precipitate all!)
- Should be used as last fine adjustment (adjustment < 3 g/L).
Example of an addition calculation (Single salt process):
You have a barrel (60 gallons) of wine and want to lower the titratable acidity from 8 g/L to 6 g/L (calculated as tartaric acid equivalents). You are using Calcium Carbonate or Potassium Bitartrate (fixed addition factor of 67 g/100L). You will need to add 304.2 g to your barrel.
Double Salt Deacidification
Fill in the fields below to calculate double salt deacidification:
All units must be converted to the metric system.
Enter tank volume in liters. Current value will be read by screen readers.
Enter current titratable acidity in grams per liter. Current value will be read by screen readers.
Enter target titratable acidity in grams per liter. Current value will be read by screen readers.
Slowly stir wine into CaCO3!
Partial volume of wine
58.3 L
Calcium Carbonate
333.7 g
Double salt process:
- Precipitates equal amounts of tartaric and malic acids.
- Useful for high malic acid wines (MLF toxicity) and wines with low tartaric acid.
- Should be used early in process for coarse acid adjustment.
- Done by full acid precipitation in partial volume (Important: add wine to carbonate!)
Example of an addition calculation (Double salt process):
You have a barrel (60 gallons) of wine and want to lower the titratable acidity from 8 g/L to 6 g/L (calculated as tartaric acid equivalents). You are using Calcium Carbonate and need to separate 53.1 L of wine from your tank. Slowly stir that volume (53.1 L) into 304.2 g of CaCO3 before blending it back.
