Orders may arrive +/- 2 days from your preferred delivery date.
Orders may arrive +/- 2 days from your preferred delivery date.
Yoredale is a delicately milky and buttery Wensleydale with a clean fresh flavour.
Average age 3 months
Raw Cow's MILK, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Vegetarian Coagulant
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Wensley, Yorkshire
Yoredale is a cloth-bound cheese that uses the same cloth binders as Kirkham's Lancashire.
Ben and Sam Spence started making cheese in 2019 after leaving their jobs in finance. They moved from Manchester back to Ben's family farm where they settled on cheesemaking after looking for a way to diversify the farm's output. They are now settled at their own site where their dairy is housed in a small, converted garage. To help them develop Yoredale, Ben and Sam have spent time making other territorial cheeses like Stonebeck Wensleydale and Kirkham's Lancashire. The cheese community has not only shared knowledge with them but awarded them the Dougal Campbell Bursary at the Specialist Cheesemakers Association farm visit in 2022 in recognition of their progress and the promise of what Yoredale will be.
We have been tasting samples of Yoredale and feeding back to Ben and Sam for the past few years. After running some maturation trials to better understand the cheese and what we can do to sell it at its best, we were pleased to start selling it across Neal's Yard Dairy in November 2022.
Crumbly, lactic and well flavoured with a hint of lemoniness, this is on song at the moment.
We're delighted to hear that Yoredale hit the spot, Tessa. Thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us.
All the best,
NYD
Fresh delicate taste and excellent semi - crumbly texture - delicious!
Glad they’ve changed the name, Old Roan sounds more like a horse than a cheese!
We appreciate your feedback Jan! Many thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
Kind regards,
NYD
Not as creamy as I think of Wensleydale and a bit bland
Hi Kathy, many thanks for your review and feedback. It's been passed on to our team. Yoredale is a relatively new cheese so hopefully it might become more to your liking as it evolves.
Kind regards,
NYD
We really like Old Roan. It still has the Wensleydale tang but is smooth and buttery.
We're happy to hear that you enjoyed Old Roan, Rosemary. Many thanks for sharing your feedback. It's much appreciated.
Kind regards,
NYD
A very nice cheese and is full of flavour at room temperature
Goes well with Hovis Biscuits the full flavour comes out with a nice bite
Thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us Francis. Old Roan has just recently arrived, but it is rapidly becoming a firm favourite - we're so glad you enjoyed it too.
Best wishes,
NYD
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