Barca Velha 2008 with 100 points!!

Barca Velha 2008 receives 100 points for Wine Enthusiast.

There are 100 points ... in 100 points. The 2008 Barca Velha becomes the first non-fortified Portuguese wine to reach the maximum score in a North American reference publication.

It is one of the most emblematic table wines in the country: in 64 years of history only 18 harvests have been selected. The last one, dated 2008, has just received the maximum distinction of 100 points by the prestigious magazine Wine Enthusiast. According to a news release sent to newsrooms, Casa Ferreirinha's wine is the "first non-fortified Portuguese wine to reach the highest score in a US reference publication."

The unprecedented feat already threatened to happen when, in November 2014, Barca Velha 2004 received 99 points, also awarded by Wine Enthusiast.

In fact, and made a quick search, Portugal has behaved well in what the scores regards. In 2012, it was news that Mark Squires, taster for Portugal on the Wine Advocate site of the American critic Robert Parker, had awarded 96 red-label wines to 100 red wines: Quinta do Zambujeiro 2007, Alentejo, Quinta do Vale Dona Maria 2009, from the Douro, and Quinta do Mouro Rótulo Dourado 2007, also from the Alentejo.

Most recently, in 2014, Douro Fojo 2000 red wine had 97 points, while Wine Spectator scored 98 points for Pintas 2011, oenologists Jorge Serôdio Borges and Sandra Tavares da Silva.

The story changes when we talk about fortifications. An example of this is the Quinta do Noval 2011 National Vintage (last year declared vintage) that collected 100 points, awarded by Wine Enthusiast.

Barros Por Wine Edition 25 April

Barros Port Wine Edition 25 April

The Revolution of April 25, also referred to as the Carnation Revolution, refers to a period in the history of Portugal resulting from a social movement that occurred on April 25, 1974, which overthrew the dictatorial regime of Estado Novo, in force since 1933 , And began a process that would end with the implementation of a democratic regime and with the entry into force of the new Constitution on April 25, 1976, with a strong socialist orientation in its origin.

Porto Barros prepared a Special Edition to mark the four decades of the Carnation Revolution, in homage to Portuguese freedom and talent.

This 100-year-old Sogevinus brand has launched a Special Edition of the iconic Porto Colheita 1974, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the 25th of April Revolution. Barros chose poetry as an expression art, displayed on the label, with the words, aligned and colored, forming a carnation.