Burmester
Burmester is a prestigious brand of wines, representing all the history and tradition of the Douro. In 1730, Henry Burmester and John Nash founded a cereal company in London, before moving to Vila Nova de Gaia in 1750 to bring Port to Britain and Europe. The company passed through generations until, in 1834, Johann Wilhelm Burmester – a direct descendant of Henry – landed in Oporto. Beginning as a simple clerk in a debt-ridden company, JWB continued first to become manager, then to acquire the entity with all rights.
Bringing his children into the business, the company was renamed JW Burmester & Co in 1880. He began to absorb other businesses such as a bottle company and two cargo ships, allowing the shipping to be completed in-house as Burmester continued to grow. Sadly, 5 years later JWB was taken by the sea in Foz do Porto, but his children continued without him. JW Burmester & Co persisted through the 20th Century, and in 1992 began their production of DOC Douro Wine, branching into dry wine and quickly being accepted by the market.
JW Burmester have developed a strong reputation throughout Europe and the US but are practically unknown in the UK market. They produce an outstanding range of Colheita Ports, ports from a single harvest that have been barrel-aged until bottling. They have developed amazing flavours of caramel, nuts and spices. Served slightly chilled, they are fabulous alone or with sweet desserts. We are proud to reintroduce this amazing brand back into the UK.
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Burmester, 2005
Colheita Port, Douro
*** Silver Award- 92 Points- Decanter World Wine Awards***
*** SILVER Medal- International Wine Challenge 2024***
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***91 Points- Aggregated Critic Score***
The 2005 Burmester colheita port is a classic wine of exceptional quality and elegance. Burmester is a Port Wine brand with centuries of history in producing some of the best Ports.Their barrel aged single harvest port offers a complex nose with raisins, dried prunes and hazelnut notes. Full-bodied with a great balance, a smooth palate that reflects the nose and a fine long length.
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Price: £39.95
Stock: 36 in Stock
Burmester, 2005
Vintage Port, Douro
Presented in Wooden Gift Box
The 2005 Burmester Vintage Port has come from the Burmester Cellars in Porto where it was cellared until purchased by us.
The 2005 Burmester Vintage Port is beautifully ripe red and dark berry fruits and violets in the nose and the mouth. Pleasantly sweet and smooth. Good acidity and fine tannins at this early stage. Medium bodied and a lovely Port wine. Outstanding.
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Price: £89.95
Stock: 9 in Stock
Burmester, 2004
Colheita Port, Douro
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***Silver Medal, IWC 2022***
***Silver Medal, Decanter 2022***
We are delighted to offer a UK exclusive on Burmester Colheita Ports.
The 2004 vintage Burmester Colheita port wine has a complex nose with dark berries, cress, hints of caramel and coffee. On the palate it is full-bodied with great elegance and balance, smooth, with taste characteristics that reflect the nose and a very long lingering finish.
The 2004 Burmester Colheita Port is a classic wine of exceptional quality and elegance. The Port is made from a single harvest (a "Vintage Tawny") and aged in small 550-litre oak barrels in their Vila Nova de Gaia Cellars. It is bottled at least seven years after the harvest. …
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Price: £38.95
Stock: 57 in Stock
Burmester
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20 Year Old Tawny Port, Douro
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***95 Points-GOLD- Decanter 2024***
*** 93 Points- International Wine Challenge 2024 ***
Special Offer | Was £49.95 | Now | £42.95
Ends 21st july 2024
The Burmester 20 Year Old Tawny Portis a distinguished and complex wine, reflecting two decades of meticulous aging.
Tasting Note:
The Burmester 20 Year Old Tawny Port is a deep amber with mahogany hues, indicating significant aging. Its aroma is rich and complex, with dried fruits, toffee, caramel, honey, roasted nuts, and subtle spice. On the palate, it is smooth and velvety, with hints of dried fruit, butterscotch, brown sugar, molasses, toasted walnuts, almonds, dark chocolate, coffee, and orange peel. The wine's acidity is well-balanced, providing freshness and a lasting impression. …
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Price: £42.95
Stock: 32 in Stock
Burmester, 2003
Colheita Port, Douro
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***94 Points- Silver- Decanter 2022***
A 2003 vintage tawny port. We are delighted to offer a UK exclusive on Burmester Colheita Ports.
The 2003 Colheita has a Complex nose with dark berries, cress, coffee Full-bodied and great balance. Smooth palate that reflects the nose. This port also features a very good length.
The 2003 Burmester Colheita Port is a classic wine of exceptional quality and elegance. The Port is made from a single harvest (a "Vintage Tawny") and aged in small 550-litre oak barrels in their Vila Nova de Gaia Cellars. It is bottled at least seven years after the harvest.
Burmester has been iconic since 1750. …
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Price: £42.95
Stock: 43 in Stock
Burmester, 2003
Vintage Port, Douro
Presented in Wooden Gift Box
This 2003 Burmester Vintage Port from the very good 2003 Port Vintage has outstanding provenance! This bottle has been stored at the Burmester cellars on Porto since bottling until it was acquired by us earlier this year.
The 2003 Burmester has a dark colour with some lightning on the edge. On the nose there are black cherries intertwined with dark fruits and berries. On the nose it has Morelloi cherry and dark fruits. Still some tannins as this wine has not quite reached maturity. Good notes and a long finish - one to hold for a few years. 90/100 TC 6/21
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Price: £69.95
Stock: 24 in Stock
Burmester, 2002
Vintage Port, Douro
Presented in Wooden Gift Box
Library Release
This 2002 Burmester Vintage Port has outstanding provenance! This bottle has been stored at the Burmester cellars on Porto since bottling until it was acquired by us earlier this year.
from the very good 2002 Port Vintage the Burmester has a beautiful mature tawny colour. On the nose it has cocoa, chocolate together with a hint of mint. On the palate this is quite complex - medium bodied with a perfect balance between the acidity, tannins and flavours, there is a little spiciness in the mouth that adds to the experience. Long, long finish. This is in a good place and should hold well for a couple of decades. …
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Price: £69.00
Stock: 72 in Stock
Burmester, 2002
Colheita Port, Douro
Presented in Gift Tube
*** 91 Points- SILVER- Decanter ***
A 2002 vintage Colheita Port Wine from Burmester Port. We are delighted to offer a UK exclusive on Burmester Colheita Ports.
The 2002 Burmester Colheita Port is a classic wine of exceptional quality and elegance. The Port is made from a single harvest (a "Vintage Tawny") and aged in small 550-litre oak barrels in their Vila Nova de Gaia Cellars. It is bottled at least seven years after the harvest.
The 2002 Colheita has a Complex nose with dark berries, cress, coffee Full-bodied and great balance. Smooth palate that reflects the nose with a long fruity finish.
Colheita Port Storage and Serving Advice:
Colheita Port should be stored in a cool and dry place, …
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Price: £39.95
Stock: 58 in Stock
Burmester, 2002
Colheita Port, Douro *** 91 Points- SILVER- Decanter ***
A 2002 vintage Colheita Port Wine from Burmester Port. We are delighted to offer a UK exclusive on Burmester Colheita Ports.
The 2002 Burmester Colheita Port is a classic wine of exceptional quality and elegance. The Port is made from a single harvest (a "Vintage Tawny") and aged in small 550-litre oak barrels in their Vila Nova de Gaia Cellars. It is bottled at least seven years after the harvest.
The 2002 Colheita has a Complex nose with dark berries, cress, coffee Full-bodied and great balance. Smooth palate that reflects the nose with a long fruity finish.
Colheita Port Storage and Serving Advice:
Colheita Port should be stored in a cool and dry place, …
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Price: £36.95
Stock: 1 in Stock
Burmester, 2000
Vintage Port, Douro
Half Bottle 37.5cl
The 2000 Burmester Vintage Port has come from the Burmester Cellars in Porto where it was cellared until purchased by us.
The 2000 Burmester Vintage Port is beautifully ripe red and dark berry fruits and violets in the nose and the mouth. Pleasantly sweet and smooth. Good acidity and fine tannins at this early stage. Medium bodied and a lovely Port wine. Outstanding.
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Price: £38.95
Stock: 31 in Stock
Burmester, 1996
Vintage Port, Douro
Presented in Wooden Gift Box
This 1996 Burmester Vintage Port from the fabulous 1996 Port Vintage has outstanding provenance! This bottle has been stored at the Burmester cellars in Porto since bottling, until it was acquired by us earlier this year.
The 1996 Burmester is a beautiful mature garnet colour. On the nose it has cocoa, chocolate together with a hint of mint. On the palate this is quite complex - medium bodied with a perfect balance between the acidity, tannins and flavours, there is a little spiciness in the mouth that adds to the experience. Long, long finish. This is in a good place and should hold well for the next decade or so. …
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Price: £69.95
Stock: 82 in Stock
Burmester, 1995
Vintage Port, Douro
The 1995 Burmester Vintage Port is an elegant wine with lovely, aromatic fruit on the nose. Hints of black-fruit, cherry, figs and roasted coffee. The Port has a dark core lightening at the edges. On the palate the wine is medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a sleek, racy, long, sweet fruit finish. Outstanding 92/100. VWP tasting 01/20
In 1730, Henry Burmester and John Nash founded Burmester & Nash in London, a cereal trading company. They moved to Vila Nova de Gaia and in 1750 began shipping port wine to the British Isles and the rest of Europe. The family name originates from the German word 'Burgmeester', meaning 'mayor' - as the family came from the small north Germany city of Moelln. …
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Price: £79.00
Stock: 33 in Stock
Burmester
20 Year Old Tawny and a 10 Year Old Tawny ***Presented in Our Double Leather Effect Gift Box***
A fantastic 30th anniversary present. This gift features two 75cl bottles of Rich Tawny Port, attractively arranged in a silk lined gift box.
Burmester blends its magnificent Tawny Ports from its extensive reserves of old cask aged Ports matured in the firm’s cool and tranquil cellars, (known as ‘lodges’) in Oporto on Portugal’s Atlantic coast.
Tasting Notes
Burmester 20 Year Old Tawny:
***Gold medal Decanter World Wine Awards,2015***
***93 Points - SILVER Winner- IWC 2024***
Deep amber with golden highlights, with a complex aroma of dried fruits, honey, caramel, and nuttiness. …
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Price: £84.95
Stock: 5 in Stock
Burmester
30 Year Old Tawny Port, Douro
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***94 Points - Robert Parker***
The Burmester 30 Year Old Tawny Port, has been slowly maturing in oak casks rendering a classic port wine of exceptional quality and elegance. It showcases a complex and powerful nose, dominated by the strong presence of the dried fruits and spices, combined with a subtle and refined note of vanilla. In the mouth it is concentrated, silky and engaging. A wine with great structure, great character and an apotheotic finish.
Serving & Food Pairing:
Tawny Ports are ready-to drink and do not require decanting. Best enjoyed slightly chilled at 12-13ºC they will work wonders if pairing with treacle tart, crème brulee or nut based desserts, like hazelnut praline. …
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Price: £79.95
Stock: 24 in Stock
Burmester, 1992
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Vintage Port, Douro | Presented in own Wooden Gift Box
*** Special Offer | Was £99 | Now £59.95 ***
Excellent Provenance - Burmester Library release
Offer ends 31st July
This 1992 Burmester Vintage Port from the fabulous 1992 Port Vintage has outstanding provenance! This bottle has been stored at the Burmester cellars on Porto since bottling until it was acquired by us earlier this year.
The 1992 Burmester is a beautiful mature tawny colour. On the nose it has cocoa, chocolate together with a hint of mint. On the palate this is quite complex - medium bodied with a perfect balance between the acidity, tannins and flavours, there is a little spiciness in the mouth that adds to the experience. Long, long finish. This is in a good place and should hold well for the next decade or so. …
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Price: £59.95
Stock: 14 in Stock
Burmester, 1978
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Colheita Port, Douro
Presented in Gift Tube
***94 Points- Wine Spectator***
Special Offer | Was £159 | Now £99
Offer ends 31st July
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This is a wine of exceptional quality and elegance, a Casa Burmester classic that is made from a single harvest - a "Vintage Tawny" - aged in small 550-litre oak barrels in our Vila Nova de Gaia Cellars. It is bottled, at the very least, after seven years and in accordance with demand.
This is a wine of exceptional quality and elegance. Colheita ports are made from a single harvest - a "Vintage Tawny" - aged in small oak barrels. It is bottled, at the very least, after seven years and in accordance with demand.
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Price: £99.00
Stock: 12 in Stock
Burmester, 1975
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Colheita Port, Douro
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*** Special Offer | Was £169 | Now £129 ***
Offer ends 31st July
We are delighted to offer a UK exclusive on Burmester Colheita Ports.
This Port wine has a lovely dark caramel colour, with some truffle and tea notes, edges of olive and green fruits (fig). The maturity on the palate is obvious, again with fabulous sweetness and brown sugar richness, Muscovado and walnuts, but the hallmark of the fresh orange and lemon acidity plays against that with the coffee and walnut cake sweetness and richness.
Winemaking:
Hand-picked at the optimum time, the grapes are then destemmed, crushed and converted into wine through a process of careful maceration to extract their colour, tannins and aromas, enhanced by constant churning during fermentation. …
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 9 in Stock
Burmester
Burmester 50 Years of Port A 30 Year Old Tawny and a 20 Year Old Tawny ***Presented in our Double Leather Gift Box***
A wonderful gift to celebrate a 50th anniversary. This double gift box contains two 75cl bottles of Rich Tawny Port beautifully presented in a silk lined gift box:
Burmester blends its magnificent Tawny Ports from its extensive reserves of old cask aged Ports matured in the firm’s cool and tranquil cellars, (known as ‘lodges’) in Oporto on Portugal’s Atlantic coast.
Burmester 30 Year Old Tawny:
Deep tawny colour with greenish hints. Complex and powerful nose, dominated by the strong presence of the dried fruits and spices, combined with a subtle and refined note of vanilla. …
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Price: £149.00
Stock: 4 in Stock
Burmester, 1970
Burmester Cellar Release
This 1970 Vintage Port from Burmester has been stored at the Burmester cellars in Porto since bottling. This is a very limited edition cellar release for VWP.
This wine has a beautiful, mature tawny colour. On the nose it has cocoa chocolate together with a zesty orange undertone. On the palate it is complex. Medium-bodied with a perfect balance between the acidity, tannins and flavours. Long, long finish. This is in a good place and should hold well for the next decade or so. (VWP note - tasting May 2019).
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Price: £189.00
Stock: 10 in Stock
Burmester, 1967
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Colheita Port, Douro | Presented in Gift Tube
Special offer | Was £225 | Now £165
Offer ends 31st July
1967 Burmester Colheita Port - exclusive to VWP. Directly from the old cellars at Burmester, you get a part of Burmester's own treasure chest - namely a Colheita from 1967. It has been freshly bottled in 2021, which means it has been stored for a full 54 years!
We are delighted to offer a UK exclusive on Burmester Colheita Ports.
Reviews:
Lovely dark caramel colour, with some truffle and tea notes, edges of olive and green fruits (fig). The maturity on the palate is obvious, again with fabulous sweetness and brown sugar richness, Muscovado and walnuts, but the hallmark of the fresh orange and lemon acidity plays against that and the coffee and walnut cake sweetness and richness. …
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Price: £165.00
Stock: 26 in Stock
Burmester, 1952
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Colheita Port, Douro
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***95 Points - Robert Parker***
Special Offer | was £495 | Now £395
Offer ends 31st July
We are delighted to offer a UK exclusive on Burmester Colheita Ports.
Reviews:
"(2015) Lovely dark caramel colour, with some truffle and tea notes, edges of olive and green fruits (fig). The maturity on the palate is obvious, again with fabulous sweetness and brown sugar richness, Muscovado and walnuts, but the hallmark of the fresh orange and lemon acidity plays against that and the coffee and walnut cake sweetness and richness." Tom Cannavan Winepages.com
95 Points Wine Advocate - Mark Squire Mar 2016
The 1952 Colheita, bottled in November 2015, is a field blend coming in at 127.9 grams per liter of residual sugar. …
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Price: £395.00
Stock: 8 in Stock
Burmester, 1934
Extra Selected Vintage 1934- Colheita Port, DOC Douro
Bottled in 1977
The 1934 vintage is considered exceptional in the Douro Valley, producing wines with great structure, concentration, and aging potential. Ports from this vintage are highly sought after by collectors for their rarity and quality.
J.W. Burmester & Cª: Established in 1750, Burmester is one of the oldest and most distinguished Port wine producers in Portugal. The company is renowned for its commitment to quality and tradition, crafting exceptional Ports from grapes sourced in the Douro Valley.
This is a wine of exceptional quality and elegance, a CASA BURMESTER classic that is made from a single harvest - a "Vintage Tawny" - aged in small 550-litre oak barrels in our
Vila Nova de Gaia Cellars. …
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Price: £895.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Burmester, 1876
Tordiz Ultra Reserva, DOC Douro
Colheita style port probably bottled from cask in the early 20th century
In 1730, Henry Burmester and John Nash established in London the company Burmester & Nash, dedicated to the corn trade. In 1750, having acquired warehouses in Vila Nova de Gaia, they started exporting Port Wine to the British Isles as well as to other European countries.
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Price: £1,295.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Burmester
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Ruby Port
Ruby in colour. Its exceptional fruity, fresh and original bouquet is a unique experience when drunk in the open air.
Winemaking:
This wine is obtained by blending different harvests, initially aged in oak vats and subsequently blended after 3 years. It is bottled young in order to preserve its strong and lively personality
Food Pairing:
It can be appreciated as an aperitive or on any other ocasion. Ideal accompaniment to nuts, cheeses or deserts.
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Price: £19.95
Stock: 17 in Stock
Burmester
White Port
Burmester White Port is produced exclusively from white grapes, this port is obtained by blending different harvests. Initially aged in stainless steel vats, it is a very exotic, fresh and delicate wine. It is blended after 3 years. Its aromatic complexity and its freshness make it an unforgettable experience on a sunny and balmy summer day
Tasting notes
This Burmester White port presents a vivid citrus colour with greenish reflections. Rich and complex nose, dominated by floral aromas and intense fruit expression. Soft and silky on the palate, it shows great freshness, good balance and sophisticated elegance. …
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Price: £19.95
Stock: 30 in Stock