I'm looking to create my first peach mead in the bochet style and I've been reading historical posts, particularly this [one](https://www.reddit.com/r/mead/s/0v9R1YdQgm) that's been super helpful. However, I still have a few lingering questions. I have 36 lbs of peaches for a 5-6 gallon batch. I am planning to cut them in half, add 1/7 tsp pectinase/lb of peaches, and freeze them with skins and pits, then add thaw and create the must. Everything I've read says that the peach flavor in primary will all but disappear, so I was going to maybe go 15 lbs of peaches in primary, then backsweeten with 21 lbs of peaches. In primary I was going to keep the skins and pits for the tannins and added complexity, but should I include them in secondary as well, or just use the flesh? Alternatively, I could blanch and pit the 21 lbs, freezing the flesh for secondary, but throw those leftover pits and skins into primary for an extra punch. I guess what I'm asking is that is the tannin addition of the skins best in primary or does it serve a purpose in secondary too?

Also, I was wondering if anyone had input on the quantity of peaches. From what I read, it seems like I'm in the ballpark, but I'm still slightly afraid of not having enough peach flavor shine through. I can easily (but somewhat expensively) grab another 18 ish lbs. Do you think that's worth it, or should I run with what I have. 

Here's the full recipe for now:
-15 lbs honey, cooked in crockpot until toasted marshmallow stage.
-15 lbs of peaches with pits and skins and 2.2 tsp pectic enzyme, frozen and thawed and added to brew bag
-Spring water till desired volume in brew bucket
-10 g D-47 rehydrated with go-ferm
-Fermaid O then fermaid K and DAP nutrient schedule spread over the first 5 days, add bentonite with first fermaid O addition
-After primary rack, stabilize, then add remaining 21 lbs of peaches and pectic enzyme (with or without skins and pits)
-add cinnamon, oak spirals, a few cloves, and possibly oats, graham crackers, and/or molasses


Peach Cobbler Bochet questions