This cheese with Denomination of Origin Idiazabal is made in Navarra with raw, whole milk from sheep of the Latxa and Carranza breeds. It is smoked with noble woods and aged for at least two months of maturation. This gives rise to its intense and characteristic flavor. It is a cylindrical cheese, with noticeably flat faces. It has a hard, clean, pale yellow rind. The paste is compact and varies in color from white to yellowish ivory and may have small eyes irregularly distributed. Its fat content is equal to or higher than 45%.
The flavor of Idiazabal is intense, broad ("mouth-filling"), while being balanced and characteristic. A clean, consistent flavor with a marked "sheep's matured milk" character and some natural rennet flavor.
Idiazabal has a clean, consistent flavor with a marked "sheep's matured milk" character and some natural rennet flavor
Its quality, intensity and flavor have been confirmed in the World Cheese Awards, being awarded in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2019-20, in the latter with a gold medal. It is a cheese made by La Vasco Navarra, a family business with more than 40 years of experience, which combines innovation and tradition to achieve high quality cheeses. For the elaboration of their matured sheep cheese they select the best livestock, with rigorous analysis of each delivery, to reach a careful production process
Provenance: Olazagutia, Navarra.
Source: Olazagutia, Navarra
Format of 1.30 kilos approx. and vacuum-packed
