Taboadella Wine House ★ 4.7
The Amorim family's visitor cellar at Silvã de Cima, running guided tours and four tasting tiers from the Villae range to Grande Villae. Closing moves to 19:00 from April to October.
Where to taste Cerceal Branco in Dão: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
The cellar
Cerceal Branco from Dão
7 bottles with at least 15% Cerceal Branco in the blend.
4.5
Casa de Mouraz Branco
Casa de Mouraz
4.4
Taboadella Branco
Quinta da Taboadella
4.3
Quinta das Queimas Field Blend Branco
Quinta das Queimas
4.3
Quinta das Queimas Vinha do Laranjal
Quinta das Queimas
4.3
Quinta dos Roques Cerceal
Quinta dos Roques
4.1
Adega de Penalva Cerceal Branco
Adega Cooperativa de Penalva do Castelo
4.0
Cabriz Colheita Selecionada Branco
Quinta de Cabriz
Cerceal Branco estates in Dão
Quinta dos Roques ★ 4.6
José Lourenço pours his own bottlings at Abrunhosa do Mato, with three flight sizes and an optional catered lunch for booked groups. Phone ahead to confirm the slot.
Quinta dos Monteirinhos ★ 4.4
A Mangualde family cellar working seven generations deep, with wines named after the forebears they honour and a visitor programme that runs to harvest foot-treading.
Why locals love it: A Mangualde family cellar with a shop, guided visits and harvest foot-treading, still unknown outside the Terras de Azurara.
Tip: They run vindima and pisa a pé sessions in September; book those rather than a standard tasting if you are here at harvest.
Avó Fernanda ★ 4.2
A white field blend of Encruzado, Malvasia Fina, Cerceal Branco and Bical at 9.94 euros, the four classic white grapes of the region in one bottle under ten euros.
Tip: The producer publishes the blend as 45 per cent Encruzado, 35 Malvasia Fina, 10 Cerceal Branco and 10 Bical, and asks for 4 to 6 degrees.
Adega de Penalva Cerceal-Branco ★ 4.3
Varietal Cerceal-Branco at 14.11 euros, a grape that rarely gets bottled on its own here. The 2023 took a Città del Vino gold medal collected at the Penalva wine festival.
Tip: The producer describes it as a white with marked acidity and austerity that will keep, and asks you to drink it slowly.
Wine and cheese
Dão cheese with Cerceal Branco
Queijo Serra da Estrela
Our pick Serra da Estrela's fresh paste is buttery, creamy and slightly acidulous. A dry Dão white blend of native grapes, raised mainly in steel or concrete, brings acidity that cleans the palate after each mouthful of the unctuous cheese.
Dão white blend, fresh and mostly unoaked, Dão: Casa de Mouraz Branco · Taboadella Branco · Quinta das Queimas Field Blend Branco
Requeijão Serra da Estrela
Our pick Requeijão is mild and creamy, so it takes a lean white: an unoaked varietal Cerceal is light in body with sharp acidity, enough to refresh between spoonfuls without competing with the delicate curd.
Cerceal, unoaked white, Dão: Quinta dos Roques Cerceal
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