Blending

[tonyt]

I may be crazy (understatement) but I have a the RJS Toro (Grenache and Tempranillo) and the MM Ren Cabernet Shiraz cooking. I read that Grenache blends well with Syrah and Tempranillo blends well with Cabernet. What if I blend some of the Toro with some of the Cab/Shiraz? The Toro is rather lightly oaked but the Cab/Shiraz will have a go in the barrel for a few months. Logistically I could manage a gallon or so of each for blending and I would bench test but do y'all think it might even be worth considering?

 

[tonyt]

We ought to start a thread "what's your best and worst blending experiment"

 

[ibglowin]

Would be interesting for sure. I don't think the Cab Sauv would "play nice" with the Grenache myself. I would just do a bench trail first (why waste a gallon) ? Just make a glass with the usual blends of each (75/25, 50/50, 25/75) and see if any of them rock your pallet. Wait at least 6-8 months so the wine will have settled down and you can actually taste the flavor profiles.

As always report back with the results!

 

[robie]

By all means try it, but in smaller test quantities. If it works, great, if not, at least it was a learning process. IMO, it is this sort of experimentation that makes wine making such fun.