The New Medico-Legal Society had its AGM and Annual Dinner at the Club Lusitano the other day. At the conclusion of dinner, the above port was served. With its Portuguese connection, it would not be surprising if that was the "house port" of the Club. Burmester is not a port house that I am familiar with, and this may well be the first time I had tried its wines. The company was founded (with a Burmwster as one of the founders) as a cereal trading house in London in 1730 and moved to Vila Nova de Gaia in 1750 and began shipping port wine. It was acquired by Sogevinus in 2005, the latter being a group specializing in Ports and Douro wines. The above wine was a very dark ruby, with a spirity fruity slightly sweet nose. The palate was sweet acid and fruity, with an acid backbone with a touch of spirit heat.
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