Indbydelse til Generalforsamling og Smagning af vintage 2007

Kære portvinsvenner.

Den årlige generalforsamling afholdes den 28. april 2011 kl. 19 ved Birk og Conrad, Karen Brahes Vej 3, 5000 Odense C. Datoen har været kendt for alle medlemmer siden den 6. juni 2010. Det er derfor med beklagelse konstateret, at denne skriftlige indkaldelse ikke er i overensstemmelse med lovene, der kræver 21 dages varsling. Det er bestyrelsens håb, at Generalforsamlingen vil bære over med den forsinkede udsendelse.

Hvis nogen har indvendinger mod den sene varsling, modtages indvendingen senest den 21. april 2011 på e-mail: post@vintageport.dk 

Hvis der ikke er modtaget indvendinger, vil Generalforsamlingen blive gennemført.

I øvrigt følger Generalforsamlingen klubbens love.

Til dagsordenens punkt 5, Indkomne forslag, indstiller Bestyrelsen, at hæve medlemsantallet for fuldgyldige medlemmer med 10 til i alt 60 medlemmer.

Der er gratis deltagelse for alle medlemmer til Generalforsamlingen, den efterfølgende smagning (Vintage 2007) kræver betaling og tilmelding.

Efter Generalforsamlingen er der smagning af Vintage 2007, som bl.a. er beskrevet således:

2007 is the first widely declared Port vintage since 2003. Virtually every Port house that matters made a Vintage Port attesting to the quality of the year. The growing season was preceded by a wet winter which put plenty of moisture back into the soil after a lengthy period of dry conditions. Summer temperatures were relatively mild (unlike the torrid conditions in 2003, the last previous declared vintage). September and October weather was close to ideal so that the grapes enjoyed a lengthy hang-time under excellent conditions with full ripening of Turiga Francesa and Turiga Na-cional, the two most important grape varieties.

Reception for the vintage appears to be strong. Despite the dire economy, the people in the Port trade that I spoke to have been pleased by the response. The fact is that the quantities produced are tiny, there is a world market for them, and there is simply no substitute for a great bottle of Vintage Port. There is little doubt that 2007 is a high class vin-tage. Unlike 2003, the year of the heat wave, the 2007s are friendlier which is not to say that they will not evolve. They have plenty of flesh and succulence which will make them approachable early on. The best have impeccable balance and elegance with enough underlying structure to age for 20-40 years. Even the least of these wines has 6-8 years of aging potential and nearly all of them will be drinking well at age 20. Whether they will rival the wines of 1994, 1985, 1977, 1970, and 1963 remains to be seen but the chances seem excellent.

The wines for this tasting were tasted under single-blind conditions at the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto (IVDP) in Oporto on January 22, 2010. These were all finished wines from bottle. A total of 59 wines were presented. The median score for the wines was 90.5, not surprising given the fact that Vintage Port represents a tiny slice from the top of the pyramid, the best of the best. In many cases, less than 10% of the total production in 2007 was bottled as vintage, a remarkable figure considering that the Bordeaux First Growths boast about selecting only the top 33-40% of their production for the Grands Vins.

Ovenstående er en lille årgangsbeskrivelse – og hvis jeg kender vort lager ret, "kommer alle de gode flasker" på bordet denne aften.

Prisen for deltagelse i smagningen af Vintage2007 er kr. 375 for fuldgyldige medlemmer og kr. 475 for passive medlemmer og gæster. Tilmelding og betaling skal ske inden den 21. april 2011 og direkte til klubbens konto: Regnr. 1551 - kontonr. 1661 1387.

Tilmeldingen sker efter "først med pengene - først vin i glasset princippet".

Hvis der skulle ske en aflysning af Generalforsamlingen, vil den blive udsat til maj måned, og der vil naturligvis ske tilbagebetaling af de indbetalte beløb.

Venlig hilsen Bestyrelsen

 PS. Bemærk det udsendte tilbud til klubbens medlemmer, der er udsendt via. e-mail.