Orders may arrive +/- 2 days from your preferred delivery date.
Orders may arrive +/- 2 days from your preferred delivery date.
A rich yet subtle cheese. The mild and mushroomy rind gives way to a golden paste shot through with a line of wood ash. The flavours are milky and mild and the texture is bouncy, buttery and semi-firm.
Please note that this cheese contains the protein Lysozyme (EGG).
Average age 2-3 months
Pasteurised Cow's MILK, Salt, Wood Ash, Animal Rennet, Cheese Cultures, Lysozyme (EGG)
Standard delivery is free to most postcodes in the UK for orders over £39.50. Click here for a list of postcodes where additional delivery charges apply.
For orders under £39.50, standard delivery is £8.00.
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Chedworth, Gloucestershire
The addition of ash to this style of cheese in France was originally devised as a means of warding off flies and preventing a skin forming on the cheese made from the morning milk, so that more milk could be added in the evening.
David Jowett makes his cheeses on Manor Farm in the Cotswold village of Chedworth, Gloucestershire. The farm’s mixed herd of traditional British breeds feed on pastures planted with plentiful clover and herbal leys, lending their milk an aromatic richness. The name Ashcombe combines references to Manor Farm’s surroundings and to the make of the cheese: ‘the coombes’ are the steep paddocks overlooked by the King Stone Dairy; the ‘ash’ refers to the decorative line of wood ash running through the cheese.
When the cheese arrives with us, it is kept wrapped up in one of our cooler maturing rooms until it’s ready to be sold.
This was a gift for my husband! He loved it! The packaging was brilliant and kept cool! The standard and quality of the cheese was excellent and delicious!
Hi Jane, we're so happy to hear that Ashcombe hit the spot! Many thanks for sharing your experience with us! Your kind feedback is much appreciated.
All the best,
NYD
I had already sent the same selection to family and friends (5 households), this time was for another friend, a real cheese afficionado. He loved it. I also had a set for me to bring home (in Austria) for our family to try for the first time. Very happy.
Hi Bryan, we appreciate your kind feedback. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. We're delighted to hear that the cheeses were a big hit!
All the best,
NYD
What a brilliant find! The texture is amazing and the crystals add to its complexity! Buttery but sharp in flavour. We already love the baron bigod and the Colston basset and this keeps up right there with those!
We're happy to hear you enjoyed Ashcombe, Rui. Your feedback is much appreciated - many thanks!
Best wishes,
NYD
Ashcombe
We appreciate your review James - many thanks!
Kind regards,
NYD
Gorgeous creamy cheese, very tasty!
Hi Jade,
Lovely to hear that Ashcombe went down well! Many thanks for your feedback.
All the best,
NYD
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