Montblanc Burgundy

[Pravda]

20160319_115134.jpgI bought a bottle of this 25 years ago after I bought a vintage pen at a thrift shop (which was later stolen). The bottle has traveled with me since then, half-full and unused. A couple months ago, I found an old Parker 45 I'd forgotten I owned (probably left over from school days) in a drawer; it was filled with this ink and, amazingly enough, the ink flowed right away when I tried it.

 

I flushed and cleaned the pen and refilled it from the bottle. The ink still looks pretty much like your samples here, a bit darker certainly, more like a mulberry color than a burgundy. Not sure what it was called back then, the label only says Montblanc, without naming the color. The bottle is somewhat similar, the cap opening is angled slightly forward.

 

Finding that pen has rekindled my interest in fountain pens and I just joined up here to thank you for your lovely review.

 

 

I still have this bottle in this ink color. It used to be called Montblanc Bordeaux

 

Definitely darker and more exotic than the current offering. Love it

[chromantic]

I'm thinking J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune (judging by the reviews here) may be a suitable replacement once this bottle is gone. Some reviews it doesn't look dark enough, others it does and the shade seems off a bit from the mulberry but,meh, close enough, I guess.

[tamiya]

PdL is possibly a bluer/greyer purple... but they're also known for batch variation so who knows what your next fresh bottle will be.