For The Love Of Port

1955 Burmester Colheita (bottled 1985)
Still shows lots of young color still with only the slightest discoloration at the very edge. Some dish soap on the nose, which could have been my glass, and some toffee, pecans, dried flowers, and burnt brown sugar were very seductive. A full bodied Colheita that was loaded with cinnamon, spice, wood, nuts, and toffee. The finish was a little to sweet and I thought this was lacking a little acidity to balance out how sweet it was. 92 points.
1/30/09

Had the 1955 Burmester Colheita in january 2007. Just one among 6 Burmester colheitas - we were 5 guys having a private tasting - had the following suite af Burmester colheitas: 1937, 1940, 1944, 1950, 1955, 1963.

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From my notes I can see, that the 1955 was my favorite - got my highest rating -> 98p. That was to much for sure - but I must be true to my notes. If I try real hard to recall the tasting - I would re-rate the 1955 to about 93-96p.

I noted a slighty "closed" nose - but didn't find any "dish soap" as Andy. Lovely color - some "red tones" - could be what Andy refered to as "young color"? I can recalll the the burnt brown sugar - very delicate - seductive - but also very full-bodied and "heavy" - heavy as in "1-2 glasses and you've had enough" (like real dark chocolate - 1 piece - and you've had enough)! Lovely balance - showing lots of true harmony - surely a top-dollar colheita. Didn't notice any "errors" what so ever.

Generel notes from the tasting: The group agreed on, that all the colheitas - allthough they had differences for sure - were very much alike. No doubt that these colheitas were from the same family - Burmester. It was a blind tasting. We were in the dark - no one had a full-house - not even close. We rated all the colheitas above 90 and 98 at the top.

Burmester is for sure in the TOP 5 of colheita-masters - but Krohn will - in my opinion - always be the true master - the Yoda of colheita :lick:

Best regards
Henrik Lilja
Member of the The Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981


1937, 1940, 1944, 1950, 1955, 1963.