I found two different bottling of 1977 Fonseca's VP and I wondered if there was any difference in them besides the labeling.
#1 with a selo under the foil, label saying "Fonseca's Finest 1977 Vintage Port", and with an importer label for "The Stacole Co.":
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Two bottlings of 1977 Fonseca's VP
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Re: Two bottlings of 1977 Fonseca's VP
#2 with a selo over the foil, no 'Finest' in the name, and no importer label. Haven't tried #2 yet, but #1 was excellent.
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Re: Two bottlings of 1977 Fonseca's VP
The one with the Selo over the top of the capsule is a late release from the around the mid. 1990’s and imported to the USA by their importer here Kobrand
I can’t see the front of the Selo on the other but suspect it’s an original release (or close to it) based on the label.
I can’t see the front of the Selo on the other but suspect it’s an original release (or close to it) based on the label.
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Re: Two bottlings of 1977 Fonseca's VP
How do you know that?Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:15 am The one with the Selo over the top of the capsule is a late release from the around the mid. 1990’s and imported to the USA by their importer here Kobrand
I can’t see the front of the Selo on the other but suspect it’s an original release (or close to it) based on the label.
Re: Two bottlings of 1977 Fonseca's VP
I will share the full selo once I get home, but I wonder how it is possible to have a later release of a VP. Was it bottled (in 1979) and was stored w/o labels? And label were added later when the port was sold to Kobrand?
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Re: Two bottlings of 1977 Fonseca's VP
While becoming less today, in years past producers made a lot of VP. They would do an initial release then at various times, years later, would do subsequent “ex-cellars” releases. Bottles that were not initially released are stored in the producers cellar in Gaia without labels. Hence, when they get released later, there’s a new Selo and a new label that is applied.Yev Nyden wrote:I will share the full selo once I get home, but I wonder how it is possible to have a later release of a VP. Was it bottled (in 1979) and was stored w/o labels? And label were added later when the port was sold to Kobrand?
Kobrand is just their importer/distributor in the USA and by law that must be on the label.
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That makes sense. Thank you, Andy!
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