Can anyone help with this seal

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Can anyone help with this seal

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Hi folks

Can anybody shed any light on whose seal this is. I can see Funchal and (I think) Junior but that's about it

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starting from bottom center and going clockwise I read:

[indistinct symbol]_R?CAM??_?_DE_F_JUNIOR

where each ? is a single character and the _ are spaces.

There might be a '.' between the R and CAM, and then again between the F and JUNIOR
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Picture of garrafa would help, maybe.
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Bottle says RGH
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Another of the seal
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You know, I have that exact same bottle. Even the color of the capsule is the same. It was a single bottle that was part of a larger auction lot from 8 or 9 years ago. I still have it and haven't found out any information on it. Even Mannie Berk didn't know of it. I'm assuming BGH is a grower and since no variety is listed, it's a verdelho.
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Thanks Glenn, you identified a few more letters than me!

Eric, that's funny, thanks for the hint that it's probably Verdelho. I thought it said RGH but now I see it's BGH. That helped me find this reference from a few years ago and much lower prices!

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