sediment in the bottles

[joe89]

Hi,
I've recently bottled my first ever batch of homebrewed wine (yay!) from a wine kit. The whole process seemed to go well and the wine was crystal clear as I was bottling it (although I may have been a bit hasty when clearing it as I was worried about leaving in it's container which had quite a lot of headroom).
However, the day after bottling I noticed a small amount of sediment had gathered at the bottom of each bottle. It seems to be quite gloopy rather than a fine powder and when disturbed it kind of climbs up the bottle and looks a bit like smoke before settling again. It doesn't stay in suspension very long and settles after 1-2 minutes. I was wondering what it is...is it any way harmful to the wine or will it adversely affect the taste while it's in contact with it?
I've included a few pictures. Sorry about the quality but the only camera I have with me is on my phone so it's the best I could do. Hope they're of some use anyway...

The sediment at the bottom:

The clear wine before the sediment is disturbed:

When the sediment is disturbed:

Thanks a lot for any help!
Joe

 

[eddie hitler]

from my experience a small amount of lees doesnt hurt, only if you end up with tons of sediment i'd start to think about action

 

[Moley]

I can't really make anything out from your pictures, other than that it still looks a little hazy.

Did your kit include finings and did you rack before bottling? I'm guessing yes and no. Could you have disturbed some of the sediment when bottling?

Leave the bottles upright in a cool place for a month or two and the sediment should settle and compact. Before serving, move the bottles gently and decant to a jug or another bottle.

However, it shouldn't affect the quality or harm anyone who drinks it.

 

[joe89]

ok, thanks for the advice.