Washed-Rind Cheese

Spanish Goat Cheese Murcia Al Vino - Drunken Goat 12 oz.

Murcia Al Vino - Drunken Goat - goat's milk semi soft cheese - 12 oz/340 gr, Spain.

This wine-bathed cheese is made from pasteurized goat’s milk in the Murcia region of Spain. This region has a rich variety of grasses, shrubs, and wild herbs on which the goats graze to give the cheese a distinctive taste and aroma.
The unique feature of this Spanish cheese is that it is washed in red wine during ripening. The wine deeply tints the cheese, giving the rind its characteristic burgundy color and imparting a strong floral bouquet. This wine soaked cheese is a real gem. It not only has a bold, delicious flavor, it has the intoxicating... more »

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French Cheese Livarot Grain d'Orge 8.8 oz.

Livarot Grain d'Orge - sharp cow's milk cheese, soft and washed rind - 8.8 oz/250 gr, France.

Livarot, a spicy red-bacteria-ripened cheese, was named after a town in Normandy. The rind is washed and colored with annatto, and sticks to the fingers. The ripe paste has no elasticity and feels heavy and moist on the tongue. The cheese dissolves in the mouth, with a spicy flavor, close to that of dried meat. During maturing, the cheese is washed in water or light brine and turned regularly.

Compliments: Goes well as an appetizer on toast or with walnuts and grapes.

Appropriate wines: Tokay late harvest, young Pomerol. Port-wine, Muscat, Banyuls, sweet wines.

Fat in Cheese: 40%

• SKU: 120134
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French Cheese Pont l'Eveque 7.7 oz.

Pont l'eveque Grain d'Orge - soft washed rind cow's milk ctinky cheese - 7.7 oz/220 gr, France.
Packed in a nice wooden box.

Probably the oldest Norman, it takes two liters of milk to make one Pont l'eveque of 8.8 oz. After washing, the rind is moist and ochre in color. The pate is creamy yellow, fine-textured, and smooth. It sinks under finger pressure but has no elasticity. As the cheese ripens, the rind grows sticky and reddens, and small holes spread through the pate. Further ripening will result in pate that glistens with fat when cut. There are lingering traces of sweetness in the taste. During the affinage, the cheeses ar... more »

• SKU: 120274
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French Cheese Livarot Grain d'Orge 1 lb.

Livarot Grain d'Orge - cow's milk cheese, soft and washed rind, cut cheese - 1 lb/0.45 kg, France.

Livarot, a spicy red bacteria ripened cheese, named after a town in Normandy. The rind is washed and colored with annatto, and sticks to the fingers. The ripe paste has no elasticity and feels heavy and moist on the tongue. The cheese dissolves in the mouth, with a spicy flavor, similar to that of aged meat. During maturing, the cheese is washed in water or light brine and turned regularly. Its nickname is the Colonel because it is bound with straps of rush or paper reminiscent of a Colonel's stripes.

Compliments: Goes well... more »

• SKU: 121584
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French Cheese Epoisses Affidelice w/Chablis 7 oz.

Epoisses Affidelice with Chablis - cow's milk soft cheese, washed rind - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

Soft cow milk stinky cheese, washed rind (wrapped in wooden box).

In many ways, Affidelice au Chablis is similar to Epoisses. Its origin is Bourgogne (Burgundy). This cheese is washed once a week in Chablis which gives it a wine taste and an easily recognizable smell. The rind starts out with a creamy, orange color that darkens to a copper hue as the maturing process takes place. Like Munster, the taste is strong, but at the same time savory. It tends to melt in your mouth.

Appropriate Wine: Meursault blanc.

Fat in Cheese: 50%

• SKU: 120018
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French Cheese Langres Chalancey 6.5 oz.

Langres Chalancey - soft cow's milk stinky cheese - 6.5 oz/180 gr, France.

As the name indicates, this cheese originates from the high plains of Langres, in Champagne. The Langres is a farmhouse and unpasteurized, washed-rind cheese. The shape is unusual, a cone or cylinder with a hollow in the top. To form the hollow, the curd is turned only twice during draining. The brightly colored rind is the result of continual washing, orange bacteria grow on the surface as well as some white flora or yeast. During the maturing period which takes 5 to 6 weeks, the cheeses are placed in humid cellars. The cheeses are regularly rubbed with brine, ... more »

• SKU: 127059
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French Cheese Roucoulons 8.8 oz.

Roucoulons - cow's milk soft cheese with flowered crust - 8.8 oz/250 gr, France.

Bloomy rind with considerable reddish mottling. Straw-colored interior, mild flavor with slight mushroom aroma. This is the perfect cheese for people that appreciate the creaminess and the mildness of the French cheeses. The heart is the symbol of its tenderness.

Compliments: This cheese goes well with desserts, fruits and with crackers. Roucoulons can also be enjoyed melted into soups.

Appropriate wines: Red Burgundy, Gamay and Black Pinot.

• SKU: 120189
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French Cheese Soumaintrain Berthaut 14 oz.

Soumaintrain Berthaut - cow's milk sharp soft cheese - 14 oz/397 gr, France.

Soft ripened washed cheese. Made from pasteurized cow's milk.

Berthaut's Soumaintrain is made with cow's milk that has been thermalized, which is a heat treatment that stops short of pasteurization. Like Epoisses, Soumaintrain wheels are washed repeatedly with brine and marc as thay age, with the proportion of marc mounting progressively. After about eight weeks, the cheeses are ready for sale. They will have developed a tacky, caramel-colored rind, the result of bacteria that thrive on that salty, moist surface. Inside, the paste is ivory in c... more »

• SKU: 127032
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