The cellar

Top-rated Encruzado

Every wine

The highest-rated Encruzado bottlings we have reviewed, one per producer.

4.8 Dão Quinta dos Roques Encruzado Quinta dos Roques 4.7 Dão Casa da Passarella Villa Oliveira Encruzado Casa da Passarella 4.7 Dão Quinta da Pellada Primus Branco Quinta da Pellada 4.0 Alentejo Encruzado Branco Tiago Cabaco Winery

Region by region

Where Encruzado is made

2 regions, with their best Encruzado bottles and the estates that make them.

Wine and cheese

Cheese with Encruzado

Every cheese
Queijo Serra da Estrela Our pick Serra da Estrela's paste is buttery, unctuous and only slightly acidulous. A dry Encruzado white has the acidity to cut that cream and enough texture of its own to match the cheese's soft, rich body. Encruzado, dry white, Dão: Quinta dos Roques Encruzado · Taboadella Grande Villae Branco · Soito Grande Reserva Branco
Queijo Serpa Velho Our pick Past 180 days Serpa Velho is hard, dry and intense, with a lingering flavour. A dry white fermented or aged wholly or partly in oak has the extra texture to stand beside it, and its acidity cuts the fat of the aged ewe's milk. Barrel-fermented or part-oaked dry white, Alentejo: Encruzado Branco
Requeijão Serra da Estrela Our pick Fresh requeijão is white, creamy and mild. A dry traditional-method Dão sparkling brings bubbles and acidity that clear the palate between spoonfuls without masking the delicate flavour of the whey curd. Dão traditional-method sparkling, Dão: Julia Kemper Espumante Brut Nature · Cabriz Espumante Bruto Branco · Adega de Silgueiros Espumante Reserva Bruto
Queijo Serra da Estrela Velho Our pick A salt and sweet contrast: the salty, lightly peppery paste of an aged Velho against a sweet late-harvest or noble-rot Dão white, whose sugar softens the cheese's strength and lingers alongside its persistent aroma. Late-harvest and noble-rot Dão whites, Dão: Outono de Santar

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