As I posted on the What Have You Bought Recently thread, one o f the bottles I received at Christmas was a bottle of Graham's 2006 LBV. I scoured the front and back labels, looked at the capsule and the extra tag that states the vintage but I'm blowed if I can find the bottling date.
Can anyone point me to where it is?
Thanks
Graham's 2006 LBV
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Graham's 2006 LBV
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Re: Graham's 2006 LBV
I have occasionally seen this date printed on the bottom of the back label, often in a very faint and thin font that make it look like a batch number and not part of the main label. I can't remember whether or not Graham do this.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Graham's 2006 LBV
Also, you should check the description of the wine as it might say something like "bottled after four years in wood", rather than giving a specific date. I don't know what the rule is but this might be an acceptable way of identifying the age of the wine when bottled.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Graham's 2006 LBV
I have just had a look at my Graham 2006 lbv and also cannot see either the bottling date or the type of "indication of bottling date" to which Derek refers.
This article in the Malvedos blog does, however, indicate the 06 was bottled in early 2011
Is it actually necessary to include the bottling date on the label of LBV...?
A number of articles (including Roy's on FTLOP) appear to suggest so, but it would be interesting for someone with passable Portuguese to point to the exact rule (presumably somewhere in Regulation 36/2005 (Article 3 at bottom right of page 1 is the section on LBV)
This article in the Malvedos blog does, however, indicate the 06 was bottled in early 2011
Is it actually necessary to include the bottling date on the label of LBV...?
A number of articles (including Roy's on FTLOP) appear to suggest so, but it would be interesting for someone with passable Portuguese to point to the exact rule (presumably somewhere in Regulation 36/2005 (Article 3 at bottom right of page 1 is the section on LBV)
Last edited by RAYC on 01:03 Wed 28 Dec 2011, edited 3 times in total.
Rob C.
Re: Graham's 2006 LBV
[EDIT Yes, it is - a bit more hunting - the rule is in Article 3(h) of Regulation 23/2006]RAYC wrote:I have just had a look at my Graham 2006 lbv and also cannot see either the bottling date or the type of "indication of bottling date" to which Derek refers.
Is it actually necessary to include the bottling date on the label of LBV...?
A number of articles (including Roy's on FTLOP) appear to suggest so, but it would be interesting for someone with passable Portuguese to point to the exact rule (presumably somewhere in Regulation 36/2005 (Article 3 at bottom right of page 1 is the section on LBV)
Rob C.