Long Paddock Granite

Long Paddock cheese is an organic cows' milk cheesemaker based in Castlemaine, Victoria on Dja Dja Warrung country. Established by cheese tragics Ivan and Julie Larcher, Alison Lansley, Ann-Marie Monda and Carla Meurs, they are determined to see Australia's artisan cheese industry flourish. 

Clothbound cheddar with a natural rind, aged in Long Paddock's cheese cellars for 10-12 months. Made in the traditional style of Somerset cheddar, using multiple layers of cotton cloth and lard. The lard both protects/seals the cheese and helps the complex rind to develop over the months with the help of a community of favourable yeasts, bacteria and moulds.

It has a dense, slightly crumbly paste and mid-yellow colour, with mottled grey/brown cloth rind. Its rind has a striking resemblance to granite stone. This cheddar boasts complex layers of different flavours – deeply savoury but with grassy and buttery flavours, background acid, earthy, umami, satisfying and with good length of flavour.

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