{"data":{"slug":"appenzeller","name":"Appenzeller","country":"Switzerland","milk":"cow","style":"hard","style_label":"Hard & aged","strength":4,"strength_label":"Bold","summary":"Washed in a herb-and-wine brine whose recipe is a genuine trade secret.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/appenzeller\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/appenzeller","region":"Appenzell","aka":null,"texture":"Firm and dense with a few small eyes","rind":"Washed in a herbal brine, tan to dark amber","age":{"min_months":3,"max_months":10,"label":"3 mo \u2013 10 mo"},"description":"Every wheel is rubbed during ageing with *Sulz*, a brine of herbs, wine and spices whose exact composition is held by the producers and has never been published. The claim is not marketing: the recipe is deliberately restricted.\n\nThe cheese is fruity, spicy and increasingly pungent with age. The black-label *Extra*, aged at least six months, is the serious one.","flavour_notes":["herbs","cider","spice","a pungent savoury finish"],"pairings":["Alpine white wine","R\u00f6sti","Dark bread","Pear"],"vegetarian":false,"pasteurised":null,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"gruyere","name":"Le Gruy\u00e8re","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/gruyere"},{"slug":"tete-de-moine","name":"T\u00eate de Moine","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/tete-de-moine"},{"slug":"aged-gouda","name":"Aged Gouda","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/aged-gouda"},{"slug":"avonlea-clothbound-cheddar","name":"Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/avonlea-clothbound-cheddar"}]}}