1985 Burmester - Douro Colheita Port - 1 Flaska (0,75 l)

1 bottle of 1985 Burmester Colheita Port Wine
Bottled in 2024 - aged for 39 years in wood.

Burmester
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. The original shareholders were English even though the name Burmester (‘Burgmeester’) comes from Northern Germany.
During the First Wold War due to their German heritage they had to leave Portugal within 24 hours and German properties should be confiscated. Gustav Adolph manages to transfer the family’s wine to a good Portuguese friend at least on paper before he had to flee. The friendship lasted and when he returned in 1920 he had his wine re-transferred to his company.
The company was always ruled by the Burmester family, having been taken over by the Amorim family in 1999. In 2005 Burmester was sold to the Sogevinus group.