Mimolette Extra Mature Wedge

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Mimolette is a distinctive French cheese from the north of the country, originally created at the request of Louis XIV as a native alternative to Dutch Edam, coloured with annatto to give it its unmistakable bright orange interior. This Extra Vieille wedge has been cave-aged for around 18 months, during which cheese-friendly mites work the rind to help develop its complex flavour, resulting in a hard, dense, cratered exterior and a rich, nutty, almost caramelised paste that breaks cleanly when cut. A dramatic cheese board centrepiece, it’s equally good grated over pasta, shaved thin on its own, or paired with a Côte du Rhône, Pinot Noir, or a Normandy cider.