Lori and I were chatting about maybe holding back some of the 2009 Merlot blend to do a solera / perpetuum with. Not with the same wine every year, but say start with a 5 gallon carboy of the 2009 Merlot blend, draw of a gallon of it some time in 2011 and replace it with a gallon of our primary 2010 red - the Primitivo. Year after year we'd draw of 5 bottles and top off with the prior year's red.
The alternative might be to say, OK, we're going to make a Muscat every year, and do the perpetuum with that. That could be particularly intense - older whites and holding us to a commitment to a particular grape. Better idea?
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