100% sheep's milk.
Vermanchego is a raw milk sheep cheese, with a firm and compact consistency and a buttery texture. The cheese has a distinctive mild, nutty flavor, well developed but not too strong, creamy and slightly piquant. The rind is hard, simply slice and eat around the rind or use a paring knife to remove it.
Aged at least three months.
Cate Hill uses a certified organic, traditional lamb rennet in their aged sheep's milk cheeses.
Keep refrigerated.
another delicious cheese from Cate Hill Orchard!
Sheep's milk from grass-fed ewes is one of the most nutritious milks available, and is naturally homogenized with small fat globules, making it easier to digest for people who have an intolerance or sensitivity to cow's milk. Compared to cow and goat milk, sheep's milk has significantly more fats, calcium, protein, vitamins and minerals.
Cate Hill sheep enjoy fresh pasture every day in the spring, summer and fall, grazing on clovers, grasses and wildflowers, and eat lots of organic apples in the fall. The dairy is not certified organic, but they do feed certified organic hay through the winter, manage their pastures organically, and the small amount of grain the sheep receive is certified organic.
