Sheep's Milk Cheese

An all too rare example of a natural rind Manchego. The sheep’s unique diet of grasses and cereals combined with the aging process results in a flavor that is much more complex and less piquant than most aged Manchegos, with a flavor that calls to mind buttered bread.

There's a good reason we sell out of this cheese each week: it’s absolutely delicious. Extra Aged Invierno is a raw mixed milk cheese that is matured in the caves for at least two years before entering the shop. The cow's milk brings a welcome creaminess while the sheep’s milk provides an added tanginess to the flavor and mouth-feel of this cheese. Expect notes of garlic, crunch, and gentle spice.

Vermont Shepherd is one of the oldest sheep’s milk cheese producers in the country. Verano, translating to “Summer” in Spanish, is one of two cheeses produced on the farm and is made solely during the summer months when the herd indulges in the luscious pastures of Southern Vermont. Our cheesemongers like to think of this raw sheep’s milk cheese as if Parmigiano Reggiano and Manchego had a baby. Nutty, sharp, and a gentle creaminess, Verano and a crisp bottle of Nanclares Albarino Paraje Mina 2018, $42.99, will make any night of the week feel like Friday.

One of Casa Madaio's most precious wheels, this sheeps' milk cheese is aged to crystalline perfection in natural stone caves perfumed with spring herbs. A bit of toothy bite gives way to flavors of sweet thyme blossoms and sun-baked grasses.

A masterful sheeps' milk offering from the affinatori of Casa Madaio. A dark, earthy rind surrounds a rich golden paste with notes of roasted hazelnuts and wild honey, with a gentle sheepy finish.

Calling forth a breezy spring day on Tuscan hillsides, Marzolino is a young, incredibly nuanced sheeps' milk. Made from the first grassfed milkings of the year, once the winter breaks and the sheep are turned out to pasture. The stone-shaped cheeses are then rubbed with olive oil and tomato; Marzolino is herbaceous and bouncy, with a slightly funky, sheepy finish. A beautiful snapshot of Tuscan terroir.