Testun al Barolo

The food items on this blog were intended to be about, well, food, but so far they have been about ..... cheese! And my tastebuds are in such a state that this one is no different.

Well it is a little. Again Italian wine, but this time paired with Italian cheese. Testun is an alpine cheese from Piemonte but unlike the Swiss bergkase I talked about it is made from sheep or goats milk, mixed with cows milk. I'm not sure of the quantities. This particular version is aged in Barolo casks and coated with musk and grape seeds from the self-same Nebbiolo grape.

It blew me of my feet - a fantastic cheese. A semi crumbly texture, sharp, profusion of subtle farm and meadow flavours. Mmmmmmmmmm. Bought from Valentino's in Zürich Hauptbahnhof where they currently have some on offer. Just as well, it's not cheap.

Strangely it reminded me of Stilton, certainly in texture and tang, as presented on RuTDP recently, although the two cheeses are totally different

Update: Peter asked about the wine. He is eagle eyed indeed. It is a Veronese / Veneto wine, quite easy to find, but also rather interesting. More details here - Masi Campofiorin