Producer: DEGUST, Vahrn
Region: South Tyrol
Cheese type: Blue cheese bovine milk
Appearance: covered in sweet grape mark
Aroma: fruity - nectar
Flavour: spicy - sweet and sour
Consistency: very soft
Maturation: 4 months, refining cell and grape mark
Hansi Baumgartner is a well-known cheese affineur and founder of Degust, a renowned producer of cheese specialities based in South Tyrol. The name Degust is an abbreviation for "Degustation", which already indicates Hansi Baumgartner's goal: He wants to offer his customers a special taste experience. Hansi Baumgartner has been working in the cheese industry since the 1980s and during this time he has acquired a broad knowledge of the production and ripening of cheese. In his products, he combines traditional craftsmanship with innovative methods and relies on high-quality raw materials and gentle processing. He places particular emphasis on close cooperation with regional cheese dairies and farmers in order to produce products of the highest quality and authenticity. The Degust range includes a wide selection of cheese specialities South Tyrol and other regions of Italy. mild cheeses to strong and spicy varieties, there is something for every taste. Particularly well-known are Hansi Baumgartner's affinage specialities, where he matures the cheeses under optimal conditions, allowing their full aroma to unfold. With Degust and Hansi Baumgartner, the focus is on unique cheese specialities South Tyrol and the highest quality in production and processing.
Soft cheese bovine raw milk, Appearance: some white mould with grey imprints - decorated with rose petals; Aroma: sweet - intense - fruity - flowery; Flavour: complex; Consistency: creamy - fondant; Maturation: 6 weeks in a glass - sealed container - with Gewürztraminer wine.
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The white mold cheese tastes like the forest after a rain. This is due to the local larch needles, with which every single loaf is matured at the Eggemoa farm.
Cut cheese bovine milk, Appearance: plum-coloured rind - milk-white paste, Aroma: fruity - buttermilk, Flavour: alcoholic - acidulous, Consistency: elastic - rubbery, Maturation: 3 weeks in the plum must.
Soft cheese bovine milk, Appearance: Camembert refind with dried - groud pears, Aroma: roasted and fruity aromas, Flavour: lively, Consistency: creamy - soft, Maturation: 3 weeks in dried - ground pears
For the gourmets among us, the delicious wild boar ham is recommended. The meat of the wild boar is not comparable to that of the domestic pig. It is aromatic and dark red in colour. Furthermore, the meat is leaner and firmer than that of the domestic pig.
