Is it LBV or Vintage?

[Deleted_User_1]

I have just seen a bottle that states 'Matured in Oak Casks since 1944' It then states it was bottled for a well known London store in 1985. Does this make it an 1944 LBV or a straight 1944 VP?

[clawhit]

Are you referring to a bottle sold recently on ebay by any chance bottled for Harrods? - If so I thought Colheita

[Andy Velebil]

That would be a Colheita with wording like that.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Definitely colheita

[Glenn E.]

Yeah that's clearly a Colheita. IIRC to be an LBV it must be bottled at least 4 years after harvest and no more than 6 years after harvest. 7+ years is a Colheita. VP is between 18 and 30 months after harvest, leaving an interesting gap from 30 months to 4 years during which it cannot be bottled with a year date.

[Deleted_User_1]

[quote="clawhit"]Are you referring to a bottle sold recently on ebay by any chance bottled for Harrods? - If so I thought Colheita [/quote

I did mean that bottle but I did't buy it.

[Deleted_User_1]

That will be a Colheita then...many thanks for the information