Pecoretto al Pepe Rosa
Italy
Pecorino al Pepe Rosa is a charming Italian sheep’s milk cheese given a gentle flourish of pink peppercorns. Made in central Italy, it takes the sturdy, savory backbone of Pecorino and softens it with aromatic bursts of rose-tinted spice.
The cheese itself is typically semi-firm and creamy, with the sweet, grassy richness that only sheep’s milk seems able to provide. Studded throughout are the pink peppercorns—less fiery than black pepper, more perfumed than pungent—bringing light floral notes and a delicate warmth that lingers rather than shouts.
On a cheese board, it is both handsome and inviting, its pale paste flecked with soft pink jewels. It pairs effortlessly with a good red, a crisp white, or even a drizzle of honey, making it the sort of cheese that encourages long, unhurried conversation and the quiet disappearance of the entire wedge.
This is a soft cheese with a moist interior paste and a thin rind. In storage, even when refrigerated, the rind may develop blue mold spots. Cheese is a living organism so these are normal and can simply be brushed off before serving.
Giuseppe Buratti with his wife Carla, and his sons Angelo and Eros, opened a small deli in Verbania. Over time Eros Buratti developed a passion for cheese and cured meats and moved the business to the city center of Intra and opened a high quality deli products shop.
By 1991 that little shop became the focus of some of the most interesting and exciting cheese producers throughout Italy. In 2006, Eros added a small ripening laboratory, where all the cheeses were aged, selected, packed and shipped to his Italian customers.
Eros later added a natural cheese aging cave and now selects cheese from the best shepherds and artisans of the surrounding alpine valleys bringing them to his personal preference for correct ripeness by aging in his cave. Once perfect, Eros sends them on to us here at Williamson Wines to share with our club members.
| Milk | Sheep |
|---|---|
| Texture | Semi-Soft |
| Country | Italy |
| Fat | 4% |
| Pronunciation | Pe-co-re-no / a / pep-pe / ro-sa |
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