Reserve du Chateau Italian Barolo - When to add oak chips?

[Slate Miner]

I've finally just got round to making up a Reserve du Chateau Italian Barolo wine kit yesterday which I purchased from amazon back in April :shock:

Included are two packs of medium toasted oak chips, approx 20 gms in each pack, however they are not mentioned in the instructions at all or in the contents list :hmm:

Just wonderedif anyone else has made up this kit or similar? Should I have added the oak chips at the very begining of the ferment, or after the first racking perhaps?, and should I throw in the contents of both packs?

thanks in advance :thumb:

 

[Pearlfisher]

In my experience oak chippings always go in at start of fermentation.

 

[Slate Miner]

In my experience oak chippings always go in at start of fermentation.

Thanks for your reply, yes I think I should've added them at the start will chuck 'em into the FV now, only a few days too late, don't suppose it will make too much difference. :whistle: