Stichelton is a raw cow's milk English blue made by Randolph Hodgson of Neal's Yard Dairy and Joe Schneider at a small dairy in Cuckney, on the northern edge of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. It's built to the old Stilton recipe, the way Stilton was made before the PDO rules locked the name to pasteurized milk only. Because of that, it can't legally be called Stilton, so the makers reached back to the 1086 Domesday Book and pulled the old spelling of the village, Stichelton.
The paste is dense and buttery, hand-ladled into the molds so it stays soft and open rather than tight. The wheels are pierced during aging so the Penicillium roqueforti can breathe through the cheese, which is what gives you that even blue spread and the confident peppery bite on the finish. It leads with cream and butter, then the blue veining kicks in with a savory pull, and it closes long and sweet with toasted hazelnut and a gentle piccante warmth.
Raw milk is what really sets this one apart. The natural character of the cream comes through in a way you don't get from pasteurized Stiltons, and the finish carries a depth and a sweetness that's hard to find anywhere else in the blue world. This is one of the great cheeses being made in England today.
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