NeighbourhoodVilar Seco, Nelas
HoursMonday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:00; closed Saturday and Sunday (Nelas municipal listing, undated)
KindFarm
Visitingweekday opening hours on the Nelas municipal listing; call ahead, no tour or tasting stated
BookingBy appointment

Cheeses: Queijo Serra da Estrela

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Queijo Serra da Estrela with Encruzado, dry white

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.

4.8 Quinta dos Roques Encruzado Quinta dos Roques 4.7 Taboadella Grande Villae Branco Quinta da Taboadella 4.7 Soito Grande Reserva Branco Soito Wines 4.7 Casa da Passarella Villa Oliveira Encruzado Casa da Passarella

Queijo Serra da Estrela with Alfrocheiro, red

Our pick

A varietal Alfrocheiro red has the acidity to lift Serra da Estrela's buttery, slightly acidulous paste, and the cream of the raw ewe's milk softens the wine's tannin instead of letting it scrape against the cheese.

4.5 Alva Magna Grande Reserva Alfrocheiro Quinta Vale do Cesto 4.5 Taboadella Reserva Alfrocheiro Quinta da Taboadella 4.5 Quinta das Marias Alfrocheiro Reserva Quinta das Marias 4.4 Quinta do Perdigão Alfrocheiro Quinta do Perdigão

Queijo Serra da Estrela with Jaen, red

Our pick

Jaen gives a soft Dão red with low to medium tannin, so nothing firm fights the creamy, unctuous paste of a young Serra da Estrela, and the wine's fruit stands up to the cheese's mild, slightly acidulous flavour.

4.6 Taboadella Reserva Jaen Quinta da Taboadella 4.5 Soito Reserva Jaen Soito Wines 4.5 Vinhas da Teixuga Tinto Caminhos Cruzados 4.4 Quinta dos Roques Jaen Quinta dos Roques

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Location

Address: Rua das Bocas, 28, 3520-225 Vilar Seco, Dão

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Estrelacoop ★ 4.3

Celorico da BeiraCooperativeShop only

Cooperative of Serra da Estrela DOP cheese producers in Celorico da Beira. Its online shop sells the cheese, Velho and requeijão, and it runs a course for qualifying cheese tasters.

Cheeses: Queijo Serra da Estrela, Queijo Serra da Estrela Velho, Requeijão Serra da Estrela

Visiting: online shop for Serra da Estrela DOP cheese, Velho and requeijão, course for qualifying Serra da Estrela DOP cheese tasters, run with INIAV at its Celorico premises (30 and 31 October, 6 and 7 November 2026; register on its site)

Celorico da Beira

Casa da Ínsua ★ 4.4

Penalva do CasteloFarmBy appointment

Baroque manor in Penalva do Castelo, now a Parador hotel, with museum rooms, a vineyard, a cellar and a dairy that makes Serra da Estrela cheese and requeijão DOP; an Estrelacoop member. The dairy and cellar were shown to visitors on World Wine Tourism Day in November 2024, but no regular dairy tour is advertised.

Cheeses: Queijo Serra da Estrela, Requeijão Serra da Estrela

Visiting: museum rooms: Sala da Família, Sala Braziliana, restored ironworks and 18th-century ice house (Turismo Centro)

Parador Casa da Ínsua, 3556-126 Penalva do Castelo

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