From the nutty and golden Connage Organic Dunlop to the creamy Montagnolo. November's cheese selection has something for everyone. Join the West Coast Delicatessen Cheese Club for four of our cheese mongers' top picks. A minimum of 800 grams of cheese with accompaniments and tasting notes in each box. You have the option to subscribe for every month, every second or third month. Continue reading for a brief description of this November's cheese selections.
Connage Organic Dunlop
‘Nutty & Golden’
Connage Highland Dairy, Ardersier
Award Winning Scottish Cheddar
handcrafted by the shores of the Moray Firth. The Dunlop recipe dates from the 17th Century and was first made in Ayrshire. Each truckle is dressed in muslin to seal and keep the maturing cheese moist. Dunlop is a Cheddar style cheese with slightly higher moisture and develops a lovely depth of flavour as it matures for 7 months. It has a rounded nutty, warm and creamy taste that lingers on the palate.
Style: Hard
Milk variety: Cow’s
Type: Pasteurised
Rennet: Vegetarian
Country of origin: Scotland
Montagnolo
‘Mellow & Creamy’
Allgäu, Germany
Montagnolo Affine is a blue, triple crème soft cheese made in the Allgäu region of Germany. It is surface ripened, marbled with blue veins and has a grey natural crust. Ageing at a low temperature allows the cheese to mature slowly and develop an aromatic and spicy flavour to its vein and yet retain a soft and creamy body. Montagnolo combines the rich texture and taste of brie, with the biting nature of a classic blue. an excellent cheese to try for those who may not yet be the biggest fan of blue cheese.
Style: Blue
Milk variety: Cow’s
Type: Pasteurised
Rennet: Vegetarian
Country of origin: Germany
Morangie Brie
‘Soft & Buttery’
Highland Fine Cheese, Tain
Edible white rind, rich creamy body with mild mushroom and grass undertones and a silky texture that melts in your mouth when ripe. Named after the Glen of
Tranquillity, this classic-style Brie is a dream on a cheese board or baked in the oven.
Style: Soft
Milk variety: Cow’s
Type: Pasteurised
Rennet: Vegetarian
Country of origin: Scotland
Cambus O’May
‘Smooth & Rustic’
Cambus O’May, Ballater
Alex Reid’s signature cheese is a hand-pressed, two-day curd farmhouse that melts in your mouth and bears a unique creamy texture and an attractive marbled effect when it is cut. Produced by Cambus O’May Ltd. in Ballater, Royal Deeside, using traditional methods resulting in a soft and smooth cloth-wrapped cheese that instantly melts in the mouth. Creamy in texture, strong and rustic in flavour, this is one of the finest cheeses from Scotland.
Style: Hard
Milk variety: Cow’s
Type: Unpasteurised
Rennet: Traditional
Country of origin: Scotland
View our Cheese Club Subscription Here.
Our West Coast Delicatessen subscription cheese boxes feature a handpicked selection of some of our favourite seasonal cheeses. Each one carefully selected and hand-cut by our Cheesemonger and designed to make a delicious and varied cheeseboard. Beautifully presented, they make the perfect gift.
The selection will change each month and we guarantee a minimum of 800 grams of cheese with accompaniments and tasting notes in each box..
We ship the boxes out during the third week of each month. Please let us know if you plan to be away and we will ensure the cheese box is sent on an alternative date.
We pride ourselves on the freshness of our products and all cheese boxes are made to order. Occasionally, in unforeseen circumstances, it may be necessary for us to substitute an item, in this situation, the item will be of equal or greater value to that which it replaces.
If you have any dietary requirements with regards to the cheese selection, please do email us to let us know and we will endeavour to adapt the boxes accordingly.
