Špin Istrian cow cheese 230 g

Region of origin: Istra

This whole cow milk cheese belongs into the hard cheese category, bordering with semi-hard. After a 60 day maturation period, It melts quickly in the mouth and becomes creamy. It combines best with spicy marmalades, as well as honey. You can combine it with istarska malvazija white wine, and many will be surprised that it also works well with a good dark beer.
 
The story of Špin cheese begins and ends at stancija Špin, a sheep farm on the north-west coast of Istria in Tar near Poreč, only two kilometres away from the sea. The region has a long history of livestock and sheep raising so that it is only natural for this stancija estate to have specialised in sheep farming in the course of the 20th century. Today’s modern dairy farm flanks the traditional Istrian house Špin, a perfect illustration of the approach to the production of Špin cheese with modern technology complementing the wisdom of our century old dairy farming tradition. Špin Istrian cheeses bear a unique signature of the Istrian soil, drawing out the very best from the Istrian climate. Istrian pasture lands where our darling cows and our darling sheep graze make the most of the vicinity of the Adriatic Sea that provides the sun, the salt and the inebriating grass fragrance, while the Mirna River and Mount Učka bring along frequent rains and mainland coolness.

Product code: 1360068