Montasio

[BobE102330]

I opened up a 2 month old Montasio, my first with some raw milk.  Tasty, but a bit young. Slightly waxy mouth feel.  Divided up, vacuum bagged and back in the cave for most of it. 

I am a bit surprised at the gas holes.  I used MA11 and TA61.  I need to rebuild my press to allow greater pressures judging by the mechanical holes. 

[stratocasterdave]

Nice looking rind! 

Looks like mechanical holes, not eyes in my opinion.

Curious what the others can comment on regarding the "waxy" mouth feel.  I have had that on some of mine.

[BobE102330]

Thanks Dave.  It's one of my best rinds to date.  Looking again, I think you are right its almost all mechanical holes. 

This was the second cheese that a waxy mouth feel has pretty much gone away a couple of days after cutting.   It will be interesting to see how the  pieces I'm aging longer behave.  I will try different cultures to see what effect that has.