Directly strengthens the managed-consistency claim and distinguishes barrel-level variation from bottle-level house style.
Bryson explains that warehouse heterogeneity is deliberately sampled and assembled rather than assumed away.
Because barrels mature differently across warehouse locations, producers distribute inventory among varied conditions and later combine selected parcels so established brands remain recognizably consistent.
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