Name: Queso de Murcia al vino Brand: Drunken Goat
Place of Purchase: Cub Foods in Ames, Iowa
Country/Region of Origin: Murcia, Spain
Milk: pasteurized goat
Processing: short aging, then soaked in red wine, then aged for another 75 days
Texture: semi-soft
Color: pale yellow with a burgundy rind
Rind: Natural, edible rind soaked in red wine for 3 days
Aroma: Mild dairy, woody, fruity
Taste: warm, nutty, sharp dairy, tart
Mouth feel: firm, yielding, not chewy
Notes:This is a neat and very pretty cheese. The violet, edible rind would make it an exciting addition to a cheese plate. But the extremely complex mixture of flavors from the earthy got cheese and the infusion of grape and woody flavors from the wine, is something that must be experienced. It tasted wonderful, and had a yielding, but not crumbly, paste.
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