Taleggio DOP
Val Taleggio, Bergamo, Lombardia
Lombardia's paradigm washed-rind cheese from Val Taleggio in the Bergamo pre-Alps — a square-format soft cheese of 2kg with an orange-pink brined rind and a cream-coloured paste that ranges from firm-young to fully runny-ripe. The rind is washed weekly with brine during the 40-day minimum maturation in mountain caves or dedicated cantine. The flavour is fruity, tangy, and mushroomy with a characteristic ammonia edge in the fully-ripe cheese.