Aged Red Leicester Cheese

Red Leicester is a traditional hard English cheese made from unpasteurised cow’s milk. Red Leicester is coloured with a vegetable dye to give it a rich dark orange colour.

The cheese is similar to cheddar but much moister and crumblier, with a milder flavour. A good cheese tastes slightly sweet with an almost caramel flavour and builds up a more robust taste as it ages. The cheese suits a full-bodied white wine such as Muscadet, Chenin Blanc or Vouvray.