Should I be concerned about the full level of the wine on the right? My understanding is that there’s some bottle variation that’s expected with Chateau Musar but I thought that was only taste and not something like fill level. I grabbed the 2018 because it was the last one but they had more of the 2021 Hochar that I could probably go trade it in for.
I wanted to grab a couple bottles given the recent bombings of Beqaa and Beirut just in case I don’t get a chance to try wine from this historic region in the future :/
Will be laying down the 2017 Gaston Hochar for at least another 5-6 yrs btw.
by muchacho_borracho
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I should mention I already have another bottle of the 2021 Hochar Pere Et Fils I just got the 2018 to try both vintages that were available
Nope they look more than fine both of them
It’s a smaller bottle that could be ever so wider… it’s still well up the neck… even if you’re missing a half oz, is that really worth the trouble?
I wouldn’t be concerned. The bottles are obviously two different shapes (look at the shoulders), so it’s likely that the main body cavity is a different volume, meaning that the full fill level would be a different points on the neck.