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250g
The aged Manchego cheese Marantona is a high quality product with Designation of Origin Manchego, it is the most awarded brand in Castilla la Mancha, made in La Solana, Ciudad Real. Made with 100% sheep's milk from the Manchega breed, exclusive to their livestock, with a minimum maturation of 18 months and a maximum of 24 months. Its rind is hard and pale yellow to greenish-black, with a firm compact paste ranging from white to yellowish ivory. It has a slightly acidic flavor. The aged Marantona cheese is a highly cured cheese. Very balanced and smooth. Made in Spain Gourmet always guarantees you the best of Spanish gastronomy.
Manchego AMarantona old artisan cheese with Designation of Origin, made with Manchego sheep milk Designation of Origin La Mancha.
Its rind is hard and pale yellow to greenish-black in color, with a firm compact paste ranging from white to yellowish ivory. It has a slightly acidic flavor. The semi-cured Marantona cheese is a medium-aged cheese. It undergoes a minimum aging of 18 months and a maximum of 24 months.
Its paste is firm, compact, and with excellent density. Its texture is slightly flaky, a sign of its magnificent aging.
Its aroma is deep with acidic nuances from aging. Lactic, fresh, and clean, the smell of this cheese shows the full potential of raw milk: aromatic plants and nuts.
The taste is a paradigm of good artisan Manchego sheep cheese, that is, raw milk: slightly salty, more of fresh milk, a mix of spicy, sweet, and bitter. With a persistent, intense, and smooth aftertaste.
Due to its long aging, its texture is slightly flexible but buttery. As with any type of Manchego cheese, the serving temperature is important, but in this case even more so, so proper tempering is recommended.
The Manchego Cheese with Designation of Origin must be firm and dry, yet buttery and creamy, made exclusively with Manchego sheep milk.
It is perhaps one of the best Manchego cheeses in the world made from raw sheep milk, it has received many awards over the years, recognizing its great quality.
Ingredients: Manchego sheep milk, antibutyric salts, rennet, and salt.
Allergens: Milk as the only raw material in the cheese manufacturing.
Nutritional Value per 100g
Weight: 250g
Presented in a box
Expiration: 12 months
Protected Designation of Origin (PDO): Manchego
All Manchego cheese is identified on one of its flat sides with a numbered and serialized casein plate.
Storage
The ideal temperature for cheese storage would be 8 - 10 ºC. If we want to stop the evolution of the cheese and the molds on the natural rind, the temperature should be 4ºC. The preferred consumption will be a minimum of 8 months, although the expiration is set for 12 months.
Producer: La Casota Cheeses
Origin: La Solana, Ciudad Real.
Pairing:
For Made in Spain Gourmet, it is a cheese that pairs perfectly with extra virgin olive oil. It can also be paired with honeys or jams.
Protected Designation of Origin Manchego
In Regulation (EC) 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, it is defined as: “A name that identifies a product:
Originating from a specific place, region or, exceptionally, a country,
Whose quality or characteristics are due, fundamentally or exclusively, to a particular geographical environment, with the natural and human factors inherent to it, and
Whose production phases take place entirely in the defined geographical area.
The Manchego sheep is raised on pasture all year round, taking advantage of the natural resources of the La Mancha area, although its feed is supplemented with concentrates and other by-products in times of higher nutritional