David219
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So, my current idea/project is to craft a Meritage-style blend. I have a Eclipse Lodi Ranch 11 Cab kit resting in a carboy, a Petite Verdot skins kit nearly ready for degassing, and an Eclipse Merlot kit in the wings. Of the eventual 18 gallons combined, I want to blend two combinations of the three and bottle the remaining 6 gallons as the individual varietals. I'm thinking one blend more Cab based and the second Merlot based. Given the equal volumes of the three I will have at my disposal, my plan is for a 58/33/9 Cab/Merlot/Petite Verdot ratio for the first and a 25/50/25 ratio for the second.
The impetus for trying this is that there isn't a routinely available WE Meritage (there was an LE recently that I did not get), and though my wife and I rarely drink commercially made wine anymore, one that we previously had enjoyed a great deal was a Guenoc Victorian Claret. While I am not necessarily trying to replicate that wine, we enjoyed it so much that I thought a blend would fun to try. Any thoughts? Interesting idea? Bad idea? Suggestions for blending?
The impetus for trying this is that there isn't a routinely available WE Meritage (there was an LE recently that I did not get), and though my wife and I rarely drink commercially made wine anymore, one that we previously had enjoyed a great deal was a Guenoc Victorian Claret. While I am not necessarily trying to replicate that wine, we enjoyed it so much that I thought a blend would fun to try. Any thoughts? Interesting idea? Bad idea? Suggestions for blending?