This validated some of my assumptions about the big picture. My speculation about batch sizes seems to have been closer to the mark than some people were expecting (i.e. Aspen is a very small batch).
The new details about the batches made me change my batch preference from [Chestnut, Dogwood, Evergreen] to [Dogwood, Evergreen]. The improved thermal design is too much of an upgrade to pass up, in my opinion.