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Ghisoni

High in eastern Corsica, between Corte and Aléria, Mr Baldovini carries on the island’s cheesemaking tradition at his family-run dairy. His Tomme de Ghisoni, a hard raw-milk cheese, is a true expression of Corsican terroir.

The cheese takes the form of a round wheel weighing around two kilos, recognisable by its ridged rind dressed in a handsome autumnal orange. Beneath this generous coat, the ivory-white paste, dense and marbled, can turn slightly crumbly with ageing.

Young, the Ghisoni gives off delicate scents of the maquis, its paste still keeping a certain tenderness. As it matures, the texture grows more crumbly, while the flavours reveal saline, mineral notes characteristic of the great mountain cheeses.

A cheese that carries within it the wild, sun-drenched soul of Corsica.



Categorie

Sheep's milk cheeses

Région

Corsica

Lait

Ewes

Terroir

Montagne corse

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