Of all the cheeses I tasted this week Montegrappa was one of my favorites. Not surprising since it is very similar in flavor to another of my favorite everyday cheeses, Parrano. The flavors are nutty and sweet, the colors golden and straw-like. Delcious cheese! Fleming described it as having ""substantive flavor". "Kind of 'parmesanny' but as sharp. A very very good hard cheese." Its rich, nutty flavors can hold up against a bolder wine like a Barolo or Cabernet.

Name: Montegrappa or Montegrappa Aged
Type of Milk: cow's, pasteurized
Type: semi-hard
Produced in: Italy, Montegrappa
Date Purchased: 6/2/2007
Date Eaten: 6/6/2007
Purchased Where: United States, North Carolina, Raleigh, Whole Foods
Price: $10.99/lb.