Retinex and Flix: genaral rules for correct use

RETINEX, RETINEX 5 AND RETINEX GEL

WHITE WINES

• BEFORE BOTTLING: Should be added three days before bottling on protein stable wine.
• SECONDARY FERMENTATION: 
  - Can be added to base sparkling wine during the filling of the autoclave before refermentation. 
  - can be used in base wines the day before bottling for sparkling with Champenoise method.

• VINIFICATION: It can be used on must, turbid wine, even three days before clarification

   

RED WINES

• BEFORE BOTTLING:  In preparation for bottling: make the addition, wait three days, then clarify with gelatine and immediately with bentonite (to stabilise the wine normally). After 7-10 days tranfer, filter and bottle.
• VINIFICATION: 
  - Can be added to wine at the end of fermentation.
  - As alternative to clarification: make the recommended addition and keep the wine at 0°C for 4 days, after which decant and filter.
• AGING: When transferring the wine to barriques or wooden barrels.
  Note: In red wines it should never be added after fining.

FLIX AND FLIX LIQUID PLUS:

• Best choice: add it with a dispenser placed after the microfilter. Alternative: Add tricly either 30 days or one hour before bottling.
• Do not exceed the dosage of 30 g/hl in wines intended to be microfiltered at 0.65-0.45 microns.
• With the use of 3-5 micron microfilters, dosages can be increased to a maximum of 100 g/hl for flix and 400 cc/hl for liquid flix.