American pressed goat with washed-rind depth and lactic brightness.
Washed-rind goat's milk cheese from Blakesville Creamery in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Semi-hard paste, nutty and clean. Ships to 48 states.
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Sunny Ridge is a pressed, washed-rind goat's milk cheese from Blakesville Creamery in Port Washington, Wisconsin. The dairy works exclusively with goat milk from their own herd, and this wheel is pressed and aged over several months for a developed rind and a semi-hard paste.
The paste is supple at room temperature, with a fine even break under the knife and a pale ivory color rather than the buttery yellow you get from cow milk. The rind is brushed and washed during aging, building a sticky pink-orange exterior with a quiet washed-rind perfume that stays well shy of stinky. As the cheese warms, you get the clean lactic brightness that goat milk carries straight through to the finish.
Flavors lean toward toasted nuts and a gentle browned-butter sweetness from the long aging, with a vegetal, mushroomy pull from the rind sitting just underneath. The finish is long and clean, with that fresh-cream tang that lets you know this is goat's milk. A really lovely example of what American goat dairies are doing with longer pressed and washed wheels, and a great pick for anyone who already knows they love goat cheese and wants to see what one looks like after a few months in the cave.
Semi-hard and supple at room temperature, with a fine even break under the knife and a pale ivory paste that softens toward the rind.
Medium intensity overall, with goat lactic brightness up front and a quiet washed-rind earthiness building underneath.
A clean mid-length finish that holds the fresh-cream tang of the goat milk for a beat after you swallow.
Bright goat lactic note runs through the whole bite, that clean yogurty tang that lets you know this is goat's milk.
Toasted-nut and gentle browned-butter sweetness develops through the middle from the longer pressed aging.
A quiet vegetal, mushroomy pull from the brushed and washed rind that grounds the lactic top notes.
No real piquancy. The finish is gentle and stays out of pepper territory entirely.
Washed rind
Brushed and washed during aging, the rind builds a sticky pink-orange exterior with a quiet washed-rind perfume. Edible, and the band just under the rind carries the deepest earthy note.
Sunny Ridge stands on its own, but the right partners turn a wedge into a moment. Regional pairings first — they were built for each other.
The bright goat lactic and gentle washed-rind earthiness want a wine or beer with acidity and lift; off-dry Riesling and a dry saison handle both ends, Champagne carries the cream, and a light Pinot Noir picks up the nuttiness.
Crisp orchard fruit gives the lactic tang something to lean on, and a drizzle of acacia honey rounds out the washed-rind edges without burying the goat character.
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