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Durrus

Washed RindCow MilkIreland

Made by Jeffa Gill on the Sheep's Head Peninsula in West Cork since 1979. A washed-rind cheese shaped by hand using traditional copper vats. One of the pioneering cheeses of the Irish farmhouse movement.

Characteristics

Texture

Semi-soft, supple, sticky pinkish rind

Flavor

Earthy, complex, slightly sweet, farmhouse

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