New Cheese - Romao Queso al Romeo

(row-MAY-oh) is an artisanal sheep's milk cheese from Cuenca. Hand-rubbed with oil and fresh rosemary, it is cave-aged for eight months. Estanslao and his brother have been making this cheese for many years. It is full flavored and complex, with a long finish that highlights the rosemary. Right now I am sipping a glass of Lustau Papirusa light Manzanilla sherry, and boy do I wish I had a little piece of this cheese to nibble on.

This is the same cheesemaker that produces the raw milk Manchego that everyone has loved so much!