{"data":{"slug":"vermont-shepherd","name":"Vermont Shepherd","country":"United States","milk":"sheep","style":"hard","style_label":"Hard & aged","strength":3,"strength_label":"Medium","summary":"Made only in summer, aged in a cave dug into a Vermont hillside.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/vermont-shepherd\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/vermont-shepherd","region":"Vermont","aka":"Verano","texture":"Firm and smooth, slightly springy","rind":"Natural, cave-aged, mottled grey-brown","age":{"min_months":4,"max_months":8,"label":"4 mo \u2013 8 mo"},"description":"David and Yesenia Major make it in the Pyrenean style from their own flock's milk, only during the grazing season, and age the wheels in a cave cut into the hill behind the farm.\n\nSweet, mild and herbaceous, with hazelnut and wild-clover notes that change noticeably from one summer's batch to the next. One of the cheeses that convinced Americans a farmstead cheese could stand next to a European one.","flavour_notes":["clover","hazelnut","sweet lanolin","wild herbs"],"pairings":["Pinot Noir","Apple","Honey","Crusty bread"],"vegetarian":false,"pasteurised":false,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"allgauer-bergkase","name":"Allg\u00e4uer Bergk\u00e4se","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/allgauer-bergkase"},{"slug":"asiago-dallevo","name":"Asiago d\u2019Allevo","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/asiago-dallevo"},{"slug":"lancashire","name":"Beacon Fell Lancashire","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/lancashire"},{"slug":"comte","name":"Comt\u00e9","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/comte"}]}}