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Roncari Blue Cheese
Description
Made in the town of Roncal, in the Basque region of Northern Spain, some call this sheep’s variety blue cheese the Roquefort de España. Due to its velvet and creamy texture and smooth flavor this cheese can be used in sauces, for croquettes, salads, compotes, cheese boards and for desserts.
Pairing
Is ideal drunk with strong wines and sparkling wine.
Sensorial
Compact cheese with some holes and blue mould. White to creamy colour with blue mould development. Lactic aroma and slightly acidic, strong taste and a creamy finish.
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San Simon
Description
Caramel coloured with a golden interior and tiny eye, San Simon is a smoked cow’s milk cheese from Galicia in the shape of a teardrop. The subtle smoked flavour comes from ageing the cheese on birch wood. The distinct smoke flavour permeates the moist, malleable paste that finishes creamy and luscious. Only four producers make this cheese in Spain. Used for creams, sauces, textures, desserts, jellies, foams and cheeses boards.
Pairing
Goes well with fruity white or rosé wines.
Sensorial
Semi-cured cheese with a mild flavor, with milky notes and a pleasant taste of nuts and butter. After taste and great smell of birch smoke.
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Tetilla Cheese PDO
Description
Tetilla is a regional cow's-milk cheese made in Galicia ,in north-western Spain. The name tetilla (Spanish for small breast; the word is also the official name in Galician) describes the shape of the cheese, a sort of cone topped by a nipple, or a half pear.
Pairing
Pairs with young acidic and fresh. Also with little aging reds, sweet muscat grape wines or even light beers.
Sensorial
It has a mild flavor, with a somewhat creamy texture and a slightly acidic and mild salty flavor.
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Torta Del Casar PDO
Description
Delicious and pungent cheese from Extremadura in Spain made from raw sheep’s milk and vegetable - based rennet which gives it its unusual taste. The cheese has a semi-solid lid but a soft texture at room temperatura for dipping. It won a bronze medal in the 2019 World Cheese Awards.
Great to decorate a cheese platter and goes particularly well with strong flavours such as meats, anchovies, or in sauces or on pizzas even! Very enjoyable too with breadsticks as a dip/ tapa to share, or to spread on bread.
Pairing
A cheese which combines especially well with cava or champagne.
Sensorial
Strong, pungent smell, small eyes and strong, slightly bitter taste.
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Cabrales PDO Blue Cheese
Description
The most famous and strongest Spanish Blue Cheese, made from raw sheep’s and cows milk, plus penicillium roqueforti mould and matured in caves in the Picos de Europa, Asturias.
Ideal in salads, with honey and/or nuts, simply enjoyed with bread or even for cooking.
Pairing
This type of cheese is ideal drunk with strong wines. A sparkling wine is perfect with this too as it refreshes the mouth and eliminates any excess fatty taste.
Sensorial
Complex – soft and creamy, yet crumbly. Intense taste which suggest fermented fruit, mould and yeast, with a tangy, spicy aftertaste.
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