The Winery Encontro of Bairrada of Beiras

Winery Encontro - 1 Branco
The winery offers 18 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Global Wines.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of Beiras.
It is located in Bairrada in the region of Beiras

The Winery Encontro is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Bairrada to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Encontro wines

Looking for the best Winery Encontro wines in Bairrada among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Encontro wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Encontro wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Encontro

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Encontro

How Winery Encontro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scallops with saffron, toast with smoked salmon cream or braids of sole and salmon with morels.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Encontro

On the nose the white wine of Winery Encontro. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Encontro. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Encontro

  • 2014With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.66/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Encontro.

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Bical

Discovering the wine region of Bairrada

The wine region of Bairrada is located in the region of Beiras of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Colinas de São Lourenço or the Domaine Cantanhede produce mainly wines red, sparkling and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bairrada are Baga, Touriga nacional and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bairrada often reveals types of flavors of non oak, honeysuckle or ripe strawberries and sometimes also flavors of white pepper, oil or gooseberry.

In the mouth of Bairrada is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 148 estates and châteaux in the of Bairrada, producing 801 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bairrada go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Winery Encontro

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Encontro

How Winery Encontro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with... or potjevlesch (northern france).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Encontro

On the nose the red wine of Winery Encontro. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, earth or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Encontro. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Encontro

  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.72/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Encontro.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Baga
  • Merlot
  • Castelao
  • Rufete
  • Bical

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Encontro

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Encontro

How Winery Encontro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of sloth pork loin or scrambled eggs with bacon on toast.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Encontro

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Encontro. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Encontro

  • 2013With an average score of 4.48/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Encontro.

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Bical
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Maria Gomes

The word of the wine: ODG

Organisation for the defence and management of wine, set up following the reform of the "syndicats de crus". The ODG is the collective organisation responsible for the defence and management of a product under an official sign of identification and quality and between wine appellations.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Encontro

Planning a wine route in the of Bairrada? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Encontro.

Discover the grape variety: Baga

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News about Winery Encontro and wines from the region

Club dVIN offers members trip to ‘Bhutan’s first wine harvest’

Club dVIN, which launched earlier this year as a global NFT wine club, said members will be given the chance to sign up for a series of trips to Bhutan from late July to late September 2023. Those flying out will be able to ‘snip grapes’ and break ground on the Ser Kem Winery, alongside experiences like river rafting and visiting monasteries, Club dVIN said. ‘If you love wine and adventure, this is an unmatched opportunity to fill your cup with both while taking in the breathtaking beauty of Bhu ...

Wartime Cognac

The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

The word of the wine: ODG

Organisation for the defence and management of wine, set up following the reform of the "syndicats de crus". The ODG is the collective organisation responsible for the defence and management of a product under an official sign of identification and quality and between wine appellations.