Goat cheese aged in red wine

La Leyenda goat cheese with red wine is a spectacular and very lovable Spanish cheese specialty: a snow-white, creamy goat cheese, which is treated with red wine, giving the rind a deep reddish-purple hue and a subtly fruity aroma. In Spain, this style is often known as "queso de cabra al vino," meaning red wine goat cheese.

The cheese is brought to us by the Spanish cheese specialist Spanish Cheese, an ambassador of Spanish cheese culture: their offerings include classic protected designation of origin cheeses and more creative, modern Spanish cheese specialties. The La Leyenda brand is a particularly good example of this trend: traditional foundations, but with exciting, lovable character cheeses.

This goat cheese is made from pasteurized goat's milk. The interior of the cheese is light, almost snow-white, with a semi-hard yet creamy and pleasantly crumbly texture. The red wine treatment does not completely change the character of the cheese; rather, it subtly complements it: it adds fruity, wine-like, slightly tannic notes to the natural, slightly tart, fresh milky taste of the goat cheese.

Its aroma features clean goat's milk notes, fresh sour creaminess, a slight acidity, and a delicate red wine aroma. Its taste is milder than many classic goat cheeses: it's not overly "goaty" or pungent, but rather rounded, elegant, and very palatable. The wine-soaked rind makes it particularly beautiful on a cheese board, where the white cheese paste and the reddish rind create a very striking contrast.

An excellent choice for a guest cheese board, a tapas selection, or alongside a glass of Spanish red wine. It pairs well with walnuts, almonds, grapes, fig jam, tomato-based baked goods, and crusty bread. It's also great diced in salads or on toasted bread, but a few slices of this wine-rinded goat cheese can also make a simple dinner special.

This cheese can also be a good introduction to the world of goat cheeses for those who have previously been wary of strong goat milk aromas. La Leyenda red wine goat cheese is elegant, creamy, and fruitily rich, rather than pungent.

The cheese will be freshly cut and vacuum-packed in pieces of approximately 150–250 grams; the desired size can be selected at the top of the page.