Reminds me of a story I was reading about making premium single malt Scotch
(that commands $1000 per bottle supposedly). They start all the Scotch the same
way, using different barrels for each batch (but each barrell is the same
style). They let it sit about 25 years, and out of 10 barrels one is excellent
quality, a few are ok, the rest terrible. Same techinique for all, varying
results. I guess thats what a happens in the real world .



>Two years ago, I made about 20 gal of California Merlot. All grapes from
>the same supplier arriving together. I used 3 primaries. When I crushed
>them, I set out my carboys and put part of each crush run in each primary so
>they would all be blended. I even made m.
>
>Now, two years later, there is a distinct difference between each carboy.
>Go figure.