Bill & Ed make good points. Though who knows, 1945 was a legendary Bdx vintage,
and a '43 Joe Rosenberg served at a dinner at Tomasso's was faded, but still
showed breed.

Armangac (are there vintage dated Cognacs?) would be safest.

As Portugal was a neutral country, Port would be my first choice for wine.
Don't think '44 was a declared vintage, but maybe a Colheita.

You can try winesearcher.com (I think it'll show Armagnac too). There's a
company in CA that specializes in having wine from every year, called Antique
Wine Company (I think). But they're not cheap.

Dale

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