Spotted in the wild, 1974 Barros Colheita

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Spotted in the wild, 1974 Barros Colheita

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A lot of us have tasted the 1974 Barros Colheita 2014 bottling with the carnation stylistically printed on the bottle. We postulated that a 50 year anniversary bottling would be released, and I believe it was Eric Ifune that reported seeing one earlier on the forum. I saw one as well this past week, and took a photo. I've included a related photo for context.
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I paid 105 Euros for the Carnation bottles. Bought four a half decade ago and when they did a newer bottling paid the same thing, although for a full case.
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I found the latest bottling for $137 a bottle a few weeks ago in East Newark at an obscure little deli / liquor store.
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There were multiple bottlings of the original Carnation bottle. Those were interspersed with non-Carnation bottlings of the same 1974 Colheita. Now that they have the new Carnation paper label, they've stopped selling the non-Carnation bottlings but still bottle and use them for tastings. (We had a non-Carnation bottle on our trip last month, which prompted the question and answer.)
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Last year, the Porto duty free had the noncarnation bottles for 100 euros each. Bottled 2024.
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Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Thu Jun 12, 2025 2:54 pm Last year, the Porto duty free had the noncarnation bottles for 100 euros each. Bottled 2024.
Great deal!
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