John... I have been away (Maui with Grandchildren..hard to imagine..time flies!!) Thank you for your reply. After purchasing this rhum my fickle heart turned to French Burgundy to which I have been addicted ever since. Each year or two I would see the distinctive bottles in the back of my storage and think " I need a special occasion to drink this" and so the years pass! Anyway, in those days my friends and I had been drinking Hudson Bay and Lemon Heart 30 year old (in a triangular bottle) and I thought that this bottle was quite interesting. At the time I remember thinking that it must have been bottled in 1943 during the war. I note that the lable now shown is 40% rather than the 45% on my older bottles. I will look forward to any furthur information about this rhum and then will open it and see what bottle holds. Thanks again for your reply and information. Best regards, Dale