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There are two things that overwhelm you about Hawes Wensleydale: its intensely yoghurt-like freshness and the rich creaminess of its paste.  The combination of the two things together make it an intensely pleasing cheese to eat.  It is a mild cheese by nature but one that still manages to make an impact.

Although the Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes are a larger producer than most of the cheesemakers whose cheeses we sell and do also make a range of block cheses as well as this clothbound Wensleydale, they have kept to a traditional, old fashioned recipe for this cheese which has a slower rise in acidity.  Unusually for a relatively large creamery, they also make their own starter cultures rather than using a bought in freeze dried powdered culture and this gives the cheese a more interesting and warmer flavour.

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