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Cap Cressy

Cheese Details

• Cheese: Cap Cressy
• Milk: goat's milk
• Country: Canada and Italy
• Region: Lombardy
• Kind: semi-hard, artisan, smear-ripened
• Rind: washed
• Texture: compact and dense
• Color: pale yellow
• Flavor: mellow, savory, sweet
• Aroma: lactic
• Producer: Fifth Town Artisan Cheese
• Description: Cap Cressy is a smear ripened goat cheese from the Lombardy region of Italy, imported and sold by Fifth Town Artisan Cheese. Named for the signature Cape Vessey, it is aged for a minimum of 50 days in pinewood boxes. When young, the cheese has a typical lactic goat flavor, which mellows with aging and the sweet savoury flavor takes over.  Pair Cap Cressy with a county Pinot Noir.