Wow I rarely drink wine of which more than a few hundred cases is made. This is the supermarket wine shopper of whom you speak?

The grand vin Chateau Latour, typically a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, with the remainder Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, normally has an annual production of 18,000 cases.

mouton;annual Production: (first label) 200,000 to 300,000 bottles,

romanee conti is pretty limited in production, and they pump out 6000 bottles.

welcome to french supermarket wine


if you are buying wines produced at the 200 case level(1000 bottles), there is not enough to go around for many of us to taste it.