The components of the topping wine are blended proportionally across the lot(s) being topped.
Example, if you used 5 gallons of a topping wine - LotT - to top 3 different lots -
- LotA with 5 barrels filled to capacity = 300 gallons
- LotB with 8 barrels: 7 filled to capacity, 1 partial barrel at 45 gallons = 465 gallons
- LotC with 7 barrels & 1 15-gallon keg filled to capacity = 425 gallons
- Total of 19 full barrels, 1 partial barrel, and 1 keg = 1200 gallons total
Then the topping wine would be distributed as follows:
- LotA
- Each barrel is topped with 0.25 gallons
- Lot topped with 1.25 gallons total
- LotB
- Each full barrel is topped with 0.25 gallons
- The partial barrel is topped with 0.1875 gallons
- Lot topped with 1.9375 gallons total
- LotC
- Each fill barrel is topped with 0.25 gallons
- The keg is topped with 0.0625 gallons
- Note: Because the Topping action/task tops complete Lots and not individual vessels, InnoVint assumes that all vessels in that lot are topped proportionally
- Lot topped with 1.7708 gallons total
Now, this is how the components are blended:
- LotA: 300 gallons total
- 298.75 gallons of LotA
- 1.25 gallons to LotT
- LotB: 465 gallons total
- 463.0625 gallons of LotB
- 1.9375 gallons of LotT
- LotC: 425 gallons total
- 423.2292 gallons of LotC
- 1.7708 gallons of LotT
- LotT makes up 0.4167% of the total for each lot
- 5 gallons Topping wine out of 1200 gallons total = 0.4167%