Opened two bottles of Margaux 1995 for my 30th birthday. Corks/ labels are different. Right one was corked unfortunately. Was this a fake bottle? Left one was bought en primeur in the 90s, right one to a trustworthy merchant mid 2000s.
by Thin-Ad-4004
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send the pics to them
Idk if there is some variation based on exported markets etc. but if I had to guess, the second one, based on the much lower cork saturation given the time in the bottle, which might hint at it being not 30 years old.
[A common problem](https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/us-wine-collector-sues-antique-wine-co-over-alleged-fakes-13369/) unfortunately
There could be variations depending on the markets.
There are fine print and details on Margaux bottle labels, those would be identical on both, if both are legit. Use a magnifying lens, and inspect. Those would not be possible to replicate with cheap printers. If only one of them has these details, it is the legit one.
Please do not share where, and what details you see. Do not make the work easier for people forging labels
I would hazard the guess the answer is both.
The second bottle could have come from stock, sitting at the Chateau, and was labelled to order.
I don’t have the 1995, but the closest vintages to that we have are 1990, 1996, and 2000. All the labels from top to bottom measure 8.7cm/3.4inches.
What’s wrong with the cork? The bottom one just looks compressed which deformed a bit of the imprint.