I’m in Luneray, Brittany region, and wanted to buy some nicer Bordeaux for all my fam to enjoy. Got these from Auchan Supermarché
I noticed before buying, the bottles had different capsule “congé’s”. We bought them anyway, I read up that the red and green colours are interchangeable. The labels were the same, back and front, only difference is the font on the cork, the bottle with the green cap had an emboldened font, as seen in the picture
We tried both, and were sure these are not the same. Red capped one tastes fine, green one is hollow, less alcoholic.
Anyone know what could be up with this?
I’m aware no two bottles are truly the “same”, but it’s mass produced Bordeaux, pretty consistent. We’re also a big wine family, I’m in the industry, can definitely taste the difference.
by j_jacko_
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How strange. Can you see bottling codes on the bottles?
That will tell you whether they were separate runs (as I would suspect).
Either the winery shifted providers for these items and was just using what was left or there were supply chain issues due to the pandemic that caused them to mix and match what they could get.
The flavor could be due to bottle variation but it’s hard to say. Unlikely anyone would try to produce fakes for a bottle of this level so it’s most likely just an issue of variation
2020, as we all know, was a batshit crazy year. A lot of producers just used what they could find to get wine out info the market. I can’t imagine anything nefarious going on here.
Either a supply chain issue or the winery ran out of one type of capsule mid-bottling and switched over to a different capsule.
This happens **all the time** – especially with larger lots.