Use this oenology calculation to document or plan a defined fermentation, blending, adjustment, stabilization, aging, packaging, sensory, or cellar operation from measured wine parameters.

NTU increase

NTU rise measured across the heat test.

Threshold (NTU)

NTU rise tolerated before the wine counts as unstable.

Judge a Bentotest heat trial by comparing the turbidity increase against the stability threshold. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Excess (NTU)

Amount by which the trial exceeds the threshold, if any.

Stable

Whether the wine passed the protein stability trial.

• Wine chemistry and microbiology depend on temperature, pH, alcohol, sugar, matrix, measurement method, microbial state, legal limits, product formulation, and bench-trial response. Generic doses and thresholds are not production instructions for every wine.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Confirm measurements with calibrated winery methods, run scaled bench trials, record additions and lot volumes, check local regulations and supplier specifications, and obtain professional laboratory advice for faults or stability risks.

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