Maybe I'm a little OCD, but I like to plan or forecast what I have aging and available. By that I mean, some of the heavy hitters are allowed to age gracefully long-term while I enjoy some of the smaller kits as "Quaffers." This has generally worked well unless something goes awry or not as expected, (i.e. had a Chard I needed to have bottle-aged/ready 9 months down the road, but took much longer than expected/accustomed ....)
To do this forecasting/planning, I have generally used the aging recommendations on George's site as a rough benchmark and assessing progress by "euthanizing" a bottle about each month beginning just before that recommended time to monitor progress. However, I picked up a couple CC Premium kits, (Meritage Blanc and Italian PG) from a local retailer to backfill my quaffers down the road and George doesn't carry these in stock anymore. (Meritage Blanc has also been dc'd by CC.)
So, thought a thread might be helpful for myself in this situation and others in the future looking for some rough aging benchmarks/experiences for CC kits.
For some reason I seem to recall rightly or wrongly, these had a 6 month minimum bottle aging recommendation, but don't recall the "peak" or "best consumed by" dates.
Anyone have any input on these?
To do this forecasting/planning, I have generally used the aging recommendations on George's site as a rough benchmark and assessing progress by "euthanizing" a bottle about each month beginning just before that recommended time to monitor progress. However, I picked up a couple CC Premium kits, (Meritage Blanc and Italian PG) from a local retailer to backfill my quaffers down the road and George doesn't carry these in stock anymore. (Meritage Blanc has also been dc'd by CC.)
So, thought a thread might be helpful for myself in this situation and others in the future looking for some rough aging benchmarks/experiences for CC kits.
For some reason I seem to recall rightly or wrongly, these had a 6 month minimum bottle aging recommendation, but don't recall the "peak" or "best consumed by" dates.
Anyone have any input on these?