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This octagonal promotional label features bold typography for Vin de Vial, a robust "reconstituent" or health tonic formulated with cinchona (quina), meat juice (suc de viande), and calcium phosphate. Marketed as the most energetic and complete of restorative elixirs during the late 1800s, the product was manufactured by Vial at 14 Rue Bourbon in Lyon and was widely distributed through all reputable pharmacies. Similar to other popular "meat wines" of the Victorian era, this preparation was intended to treat anemia, exhaustion, and general physical debility by combining a stimulating alcoholic base with concentrated nutrients and minerals.