Andy Velebil wrote:Ray is correct. In the USA it's labeled as "40 Year old." The rest of the world is "Over 40 Years old." In the States it's because it has to be an exact number. Apparently the TTB/ATF can't handle non-exact numbers
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I can never remember, because it doesn't seem to be consistent.
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I just remember it's
supposed to be one way here and the other way everywhere else!
For example, right now in my cellar I have just one single bottle labeled "Over 40 Years Old" and it's a Noval that I know I bought in the US and its label is only in English. All of the rest of the bottles say just "40" and include all of my S. Leonardos which are Portuguese-market bottles (with Portuguese labels "40 Anos" and no English) as well as the remains of the case of Romaneira which were presumably also Portuguese-market direct from the Quinta but have had English import back labels applied. My Kopkes and Quevedos are all US-market and just say "40".
I guess we'll see what the brand new US-market S. Leonardo bottles from the buying opportunity say in a couple of months, eh?