Vintage Port 1890
| Vintage | Rating | Broad-
bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|
| 1890 | Very good | 3 | | 20 | 34 | |
| House | Burmester | Vintage | 1890 |
| Colour | Pale ruby with a brownish and yellow very mature edge in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Old grocery shop with herbs, coffee and tea in the nose. | Score range | 16.40 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Very mature of course but balanced and a very nice with a bit dry relatively long finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 20th March 2025 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Dow | Vintage | 1890 |
| Colour | Yellow, mature with a hint of greenness in the edge. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Spiciness, herbs, ginger and some old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 17.40 - 17.40 |
| Taste | Still a lovely body. Mature and peaking with some old, quite round and lovely acidity. Balanced and rather tasty with a quite elegant, quite dry but not so long finish. A decent, lovely old port, still alive and enjoyable. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 5th November 2023 | Point this date | 17.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at a Great Tasting with the Wine Society 18% in Malmö, Sweden.
In 2023 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |