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Only available for the Christmas season, this award winning blue cheese wrapped in syrah leaves has subtle hints of brandy, fruit and autumn pastures.
This rare North American benchmark blue cheese is hand made at Rogue Creamery in Oregon for only a few weeks each year during the autumn equinox.
At this time of year the creamery’s single herd of Brown Swiss and Holstein cows are at the end of the natural lactation cycle, and their rich concentrated milk is infused with the esters of native grasses, hops, clover, blackberries and wild herbs that grow in the lush grazing pastures beside the Rogue River.
After the young cheeses have been salted and pierced, they are hand wrapped in local Syrah vine leaves macerated in pear brandy from nearby Clear Creek, and then ripened in the dairy cellars for at least 15 months. It’s moist creamy texture has a creamy blue mould flavour with subtle hints of brandy, fruit and autumn pastures.
Rogue Creamery Special Reserve Blue 2.6kg Calendar Cheese Note 702058