Wookie Hole Cave Aged Farmhouse Cheddar
When we tried this in the souvenir shop at Wookie Hole, the cheese had a very strong and distinct “old damp stone” flavour. However, the piece we purchased and took home, had none of this quality.
It was somewhat dissappointing. It tasted like cheddar, good cheddar, but with not a trace of that cave aged taste we had been expecting. The cheese also came with no rind or the usually expected colour variation through the slice that one would normally expect from a “real” cheddar. Though it tasted strong, but not acid with a slight trace of lactic acid crystals, it just did not seem to be authentic.
We suspect that the samples handed out in the shop are not from the same source as the cheese on the shelves.
Reviewed by Nick & Olympia 2012
(2/5)