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After an unproductive day - given the time of year for yours truly.. - I didn't feel I owed myself anything special for the next bottle - especially as I'd had the pleasure of 69yr old and 101yr old colheitas over the weekend (kind courtesy of Roy Hersh)

I didn't expect much from this, given that Burmester have little reputation for anything other than aged tawnies..

..but we can all be wrong..!

Loads of sediment, a gorgeous nutty aroma as I decanted, and a really well balanced first glass straight after decanting, soft with raisiny, nutty notes - gorgeous!

Can this improve further? - it's already on course to claim the prize for my best ever LBV..

..more anon

Tom

It will be interesting to see how this one develops. I've had quite a share of older Burmester LBV's, and found they reach their peak around 10 years of age. The 1989 that we had (about a year or maybe two ago) was mostly bitter and old.

Very little evolution in decanter - I suspect the oxidative ageing a good LBV gets in barrel serves to make air exposure after decanting less significant.

This is an excellent wine for it's class - on a par with a seven point VP.

I'd judge that this wine has several more years of peak drinking left - if only I had more bottles...

Tom