Monti Trentini Imbriago Merlot-Soaked Cheese, 7 oz (200g)

🏪 In-store collection or local delivery only — we do not post this.

This is a chilled product and it will not survive the post. Collect in store at 2790 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, or choose local delivery around Santa Rosa and Sonoma County at checkout.

Imbriago is Venetian dialect for "drunk", and that is the method: a wheel of cow's-milk cheese bathed in Merlot while it ages, until the rind takes a deep purple stain and the wine works a little way into the paste. Monti Trentini make it at Grigno, in the Valsugana. Firm, nutty, faintly winey at the edge and plainer towards the middle.

• 7 oz (200 g) wedge
• Four ingredients: cow's milk, salt, rennet, red wine
• 25% of your daily calcium in one ounce
• Product of Italy

⚠️ The rind is not edible

The pack says so plainly, and it is worth repeating because the purple rind is the best-looking part of this cheese. Cut it away before serving. It has done its job holding the wine against the paste.

Eating it

Cut it in cubes — the pack suggests a one-inch cube as a serving — and put it out with a red wine, or shave it over a risotto at the end. Strong enough to hold its own on a board next to a blue.

Allergens

Contains MILK. That is the only allergen declared.

Ingredients

Pasteurized cow's milk, salt, rennet, red wine.

Nutrition

7 servings per piece — serving size 1 oz (28 g), about a one-inch cube: 120 cal · Total Fat 10 g · Saturated Fat 7 g · Trans Fat 0 g · Cholesterol 30 mg · Sodium 200 mg · Total Carbohydrate 0 g · Protein 7 g · Calcium 300 mg (25% DV).

Keeping it

Keep it refrigerated and wrapped. Let it come up towards room temperature for half an hour before serving — cold flattens it.

🇮🇹 Product of Italy. Caseificio Monti Trentini, Grigno.