Country: England, Great Britain and United Kingdom
Region: Somerset
Kind: soft, artisan
Rind: mold ripened
Texture: dense and smooth
Color: white
Flavor: buttery, milky
Aroma: aromatic, strong
Description: This cheese is no longer in production. Bartlett is an raw sheep's milk cheese made by brothers James & Dave Bartlett at their farm in Somerset. It is a soft, mould-ripened cheese with a wrinkled, creamy- colored, and aromatic coat of Geotrichum candidum. Â Aged for about 3-4 weeks, the cheese ripens outside-in as the moulds and yeasts digest the fats and proteins within. It has a smooth and dense paste with a complex flavor augmented by the dense richness of the sheep's milk. Flavors are a subtle balance between buttery lactic notes and savoury dried-tobacco-leaf aromas.