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Tasting notes and descriptions of your cheeses
Cornish Yarg is the classic and famous cheese from Lynher Dairy near Truro. It is a semi hard cheese, hand-painted with nettle leaves and matured for 5 weeks. It is mild and creamy under the natural rind and slightly crumbly towards the core, with an herbaceous flavour and citrus notes. Yarg was first produced thirty years ago on Bodmin Moor by a farmer named Alan Gray who found a seventeenth-century recipe in an attic and decided to give it a go, before selling on the recipe a few years later. Yarg comes from the backward spelling of his name. A true British artisan cheese. (Vegetarian, Pasteurised, Cows’ milk)
Burt’s Blue is a wonderful cow’s milk blue cheese made by Clare Burt at Burt’s Cheese in the heart of the Cheshire countryside. Their cheeses are hand-made in small batches using local dairy milk, focusing on gentle handling of the curd to create a truly artisan product. Developed on a kitchen table before growing into an award-winning staple, it has become famous as an approachable, friendly gateway blue. The semi-soft, creamy cheese features a rugged, greenish-grey bloomy rind that opens up to a buttery paste shot through with gentle blue veins, offering a mildly sweet, savoury tang and a subtle mushroom finish. (Vegetarian, Pasteurised, Cows’ milk)
Glaston Tile is a beautiful goat’s milk cheese made by the award-winning White Lake Cheese at Bagborough Farm in the heart of Somerset. Their cheeses are hand-crafted using fresh milk sourced from their own prized herd of goats, ensuring exceptional quality from pasture to dairy. Pressed into a distinctive square tile shape, this fresh artisan cheese is aged gently to develop its signature character. The chalky, pure white paste offers a delightfully smooth texture with a bright, clean, and citrusy twang that balances perfectly with a delicate hint of earthy rind. (Vegetarian, Unpasteurised, Goats’ milk)
Vintage Red Fox is a spectacular cow’s milk aged Red Leicester made by Belton Farm in the heart of Shropshire. Their cheeses are hand-crafted using time-honoured recipes and local milk sourced from dedicated dairy farms within a 25-mile radius of the dairy. Patiently matured for up to 18 months, this vintage cheese is carefully tended to develop its complex, deeply satisfying profile. The firm, rich amber cheese features a signature satisfying crunch from naturally occurring calcium crystals, delivering a perfectly balanced flavour of intense nuttiness combined with a sweet, toasted caramel sweetness. (Vegetarian, Pasteurised, Cows’ milk)