{"data":{"slug":"fontina-val-daosta","name":"Fontina Val d\u2019Aosta","country":"Italy","milk":"cow","style":"semi-soft","style_label":"Semi-soft","strength":3,"strength_label":"Medium","summary":"The alpine melter behind fonduta, made from a single breed\u2019s raw milk.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/fontina-val-daosta\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/fontina-val-daosta","region":"Aosta Valley","aka":null,"texture":"Dense and elastic, with a few small eyes","rind":"Natural, brushed, orange-brown","age":{"min_months":3,"max_months":10,"label":"3 mo \u2013 10 mo"},"description":"AOP Fontina comes only from raw milk of Valdostana cows in the Aosta Valley, taken from a single milking and made the same day. Wheels ripen in cool rock cellars, some of them former military tunnels.\n\nNutty, mildly funky, honeyed. It melts to a smooth, glossy sauce without splitting, which is why *fonduta* \u2014 Fontina, milk, egg yolk, sometimes white truffle \u2014 exists.","flavour_notes":["honey","roasted nut","mushroom","sweet milk"],"pairings":["Fonduta","White truffle","Barbera","Polenta"],"vegetarian":false,"pasteurised":false,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"garrotxa","name":"Garrotxa","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/garrotxa"},{"slug":"morbier","name":"Morbier","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/morbier"},{"slug":"raclette-du-valais","name":"Raclette du Valais","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/raclette-du-valais"},{"slug":"saint-nectaire","name":"Saint-Nectaire","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/saint-nectaire"}]}}