Burmester 20 Years
- Brand: Burmester
- # Burmester 20 Anos
- Availability: In Stock
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54.00€
- Ex Tax: 43.90€
Burmester is a prestigious wine brand, representing the entire 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 Wine to Britain and Europe. The company went on for generations until, in 1834, Johann Wilhelm Burmester - a direct descendant of Henrique - landed in Porto. Beginning as a simple clerk in a debt company, JWB continued to become a manager first and then to acquire the entity with all rights.
| Characteristics | |
| Product Type | Red Wine |
| Volume (cl) | 75 |
| Appellation | Douro |
| Country | Portugal |
| Varieties | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca e Tinta Roriz |
| Cellar | Burmester |
| Producer | Burmester |
| Winemaker | Carlos Alves |
| Alcohol Content | 20 |
| PH | 3,5l |
| Allergens | Contains sulfites |
| Vinification | Hand-picked at their optimum point, the grapes are destemmed, crushed and vinified according to a process that is based on a careful maceration with extraction of colour, tannins and aromas from the skins, complemented by permanent pumping over during fermentation. This takes place in mills, at a controlled temperature between 28-30ºC, until reaching the desired Baumé degree. At this stage, the wine spirit is added (benefit), resulting in a fortified wine. High quality wine, obtained by blending wines from harvests of several years, in order to acquire a complementarity of organoleptic characteristics typical of this style of aged tawny. It ages in wood for variable periods of time, in which the age mentioned on the label corresponds to the approximate average of the ages of the different wines participating in the batch, expressing the character of the wine with regard to the characteristics conferred by aging in cask. |
| Test Results | Delicate auburn color with wide ocher rim. Opulent and voluptuous nose with complex aromas of wood, nuts, raisins and honey. The palate is full of very rich and concentrated flavors and has a long, velvety finish. |
| Gastronomy | Ideal to accompany sweets with caramel, sweets with chocolate, foie gras, nuts and chèvre cheese |
| Awards | Wine Spectator 95/100 pts Decanter 93/100 pts International Wine Challenge 2020 Silver Decanter World Wine Awards 2019 Silver Revista de Vinhos 2017 Big Gold International Wine Challenge 2016 Gold |
