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Can anyone help with this seal
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:36 am
by Le Gamin de Paris

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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
Thanks
Re: Can anyone help with this seal
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:29 pm
by Glenn E.
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
Re: Can anyone help with this seal
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:56 pm
by Andreas Platt
Picture of garrafa would help, maybe.
Re: Can anyone help with this seal
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:05 am
by Le Gamin de Paris
Bottle says RGH

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Another of the seal

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Re: Can anyone help with this seal
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:39 pm
by Eric Ifune
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.
Re: Can anyone help with this seal
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 8:25 am
by Le Gamin de Paris
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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