Bottle Variation

[Don Giovanni]

Bottle Variation

“There are no great wines, only great bottles of wine,”

Click On me

many reasons for this...it's just could be as simple as the production is too big or they did not blend all the wine together from different vineyard blocks to get a homogeneous wine...

the rest is storage, transportation, closure or just bad wine-making...

[mike volker]

This post brings to mind an incident at a winery in Italy. The owner had just opened a bottle for us to try and we were all commenting on its goodness when he collected all the glasses and opened another bottle. Only he knew that the wine we drank first wasn't his best. The second wine was better, but I don't know many people who wouldn't have raved about the first one. I know I did.

Besr,

Mike

[Don Giovanni]

www Wine 101 TV Show 108: Bottle Variation What Is It, SLTV

more info in this video...more of my take...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD_hCZjIuXM

[GordonCooks]

A first for me - 2 bad bottles in one night from the same resto

06 Flowers Chardonnay - corked

06 Flowers Chardonnay - full of tartrate crystals but very oxidized.

[Lisa Shock]

I have seen wines where 4 bottles in a case had volatile acidity, 4 were ok but nothing spectacular, and 4 would be superbly delicious.

Most recently, for me, it was several cases of Penny Farthing Cabernet Sauvignon 2004. The good bottles had luscious, pronounced, cherry and chocolate flavors. But, buying the wine was like playing the lottery.

[Don Giovanni]

A first for me - 2 bad bottles in one night from the same resto

06 Flowers Chardonnay - corked

06 Flowers Chardonnay - full of tartrate crystals but very oxidized.

←

Gordo,

you don't like to chew your wine...?...

[Christ]

It was a useful video Don Giovanni

thanks for sharing it