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1 - Cabrales (D.O.)


Concejos de Cabrales y de Peñamellera Alta
Asturias.

Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made from whole unpasteurized cow´s, goat´s and sheep´s milk, depending on the season.
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  • 2 - Ahumado de Aliva


    Liebana
    Cantabria
    Also called Queso de los Puertos de Aliva. Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, made from mixed cow´s, goat´s and sheep´s milk .
    3 - Pido


    Liebana
    Cantabria
    Mainly fresh but acidified, or also aged from soft to semi-cured. Made mostly with cow´s milk, to which goat or sheep´s milk may be added.
    4 - Picón (D.O.)


    Liebana
    Cantabria
    Also known as Queso de los Picos de Europa. Aged for at least 3 months, cured, made of a mixture of unpasteurized cow´s, goat´s and sheep´s milk. Cylindrical in shape, with a course rind, and a weight of 3 to 8 lb. (1.5 to 4 Kg.) It has a fat content between 45 - 50%.
    These are artisanal cheeses limited in production, aged in natural caves in the Picos de Europa in northern Spain. Denomination of Origin Protected. (D.O.P.)
    More Information about Queso Picón
    5 - Quesucos de Liebana (D.O.)


    Liebana
    Cantabria
    Fresh cheese or aged and soft, produced mainly with cow´s milk, although sometimes mixed with sheep´s and goat´s milk. Cylindrical in shape, smoked or with a natural rind, it weighs about 1 lb. (500g.) It has a fat content bewteen 45-50%. The unsmoked cheese has a smooth and buttery flavor, while the smoked variety has a more acidic and cured flavor.
    Each farmhouse in the Liebana area produces artisanal cheeses of various types. Denomination of Origin Protected.
    More Information about Quesucos de Liébana
    6 - Cantabria (D.O.)


    Cantabria
    Also called Queso de Nata or Cantabrian Cream Cheese. Aged cheese from soft to semi-cured to cured, made from pasteurized cow´s milk. Aged for a minimum of 15 days and weighing from 1 to 6 lb. (0.5 a 3 Kg.) With a fat content of 45%, it has a smooth flavor, ranging from sweet and slightly acidic to buttery.
    Its origins come from the Cisterciense Monastery of Cobreces, where the traditional artisanal production continues today, as it does in many family-owned cheese factories in Cantabria. Denomination of Origin Protected
    More Information about Queso de Cantabria
    7 -Idiazábal (D.O.)


    País Vasco y
    Noroeste de Navarra
    Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made exclusively from whole raw sheep´s milk.
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  • 8 - Roncal (D.O.)


    Valle del Roncal
    Navarra
    Also Queso del Valle del Roncal. Aged for at least 4 months, and cured, made from sheep´s milk from Laxta or Aragonese breeds. The weight varies from 2 to 6 lb. (1 to 3 Kg.), and has a fat content 40-50%. The traditional artisanal production is passed down from one generation to the next. Today there is an important industry and several artisanal cheese factories which maintain the traditional style.
    Denomination of Origin Protected (D.O.P.).
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    9 - Mahón(D.O.)


    Menorca
    Also known as Menorquín Cheese. Fresh to very cured cheese, depending on the state of aging, made from raw or pasteurized cow´s milk.
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  • 10 - Manchego (D.O.)


    La Mancha

    Aged cheese, semi-cured to cured, made exclusively with raw or pasteurized sheep´s milk.
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  • 11 - Tetilla (D.O.)


    Galicia
    Also Called Queso de Perilla, or Queso de Teta, Queso de Teta de Vaca or Queso Gallego de Teta. Aged, from soft to semi-cured, made with cow´s milk.
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  • 12 - Arzúa


    La Coruña y Lugo
    Also called Queso de Ulloa, de Ulla, de Patela, or Queixo do País or Queso Gallego. Aged, from soft to semi-cured, made from cow´s milk.
    13 - San Simón


    Villalva
    Lugo
    Also Known as Queso de San Simón de la Cuesta. The smaller sized cheeses are called Bufones (dunce caps). Aged, from soft to semi-cured, made from cow´s milk and smoked superficially.
    14 - Cebreiro


    Puertos del Cebreiro
    Lugo
    Also called Queso Cebrero. Aged cheese, from soft to cured, made mainly from cow´s milk.
    15 - Genestoso


    Genestoso
    Asturias
    Or Queso Xenestoso. Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, made mainly from cow´s milk
    16 -Afuega´l Pitu


    Cuencas del Nalón y del Narcea
    Asturias
    Fresh or aged cheese, soft to semi-cured, made from cow´s milk.
    17 - La Peral


    La Peral

    Asturias
    Also Queso Azul Asturiano. (Asturian Blue Cheese) Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made from whole pasteurized cow´s milk
    18 - Urbies


    Urbies
    Aturias
    Also called Queso de Vejiga, Queso de Odre, Queso de Madera, Queso de la Fuente o Queso Picón de Urbiés. Fermented and aged cheese, made from cow´s milk.

    19 - Casín


    Concejo del Caso
    Asturias

    Aged, cured cheese.
    20 - Beyos


    Concejos de Amieva y de Ponga
    Asturias
    Also Queso de los Beyos or Beyusco. Aged cheese, from fresh to semi-cured, made from either cow´s or goat´s milk, but not a mixture
    21 - Gamonedo


    Concejos de Cangas de Onis y de Onis
    Asturias
    Also called Quesu Gamonéu. Aged, cured cheese.
    22 - Porrua


    Concejo de LLanes
    Asturias
    Also called Queso de Llanes o Queso Cuayau. Mainly fresh or soft, made from cow´s or sheep´s milk, or a mixture of the two.
    23 - Vidiago


    Concejode LLanes
    Asturias
    Aged soft cheese, made from cow´s milk.
    24 - Peñamellera


    Concejo de Peñamellera Alta
    Asturias
    Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, made from a mixture of cow´s, goat´s and sheep´s milk, depending on the season.
    25 -Buelles


    Buelles y Peñamellera Baja
    Asturias
    Aged and semi-cured, made from goat´s milk.
    26 - Pasiego


    Valle del Pas
    Cantabria
    Also known as Queso de las Garmillas. Fresh cheese, slightly aged, made from cow´s milk.
    27 - Gatzazarra


    País Vasco
    In Basque, Queso Viejo. Aged and fermented cheese, made from fresh cheese curd from aged sheep´s cheese.

    28 - Babia y Laciana


    Babia y Laciana
    León

    Fresh cheese or aged, from soft to semi-cured, artisanal in production, made from whole raw goat´s milk
    29 - Valdeteja


    Valdeteja
    León
    Aged cheese, from soft to cured (aged for a minimum of one month) made from whole unpasteurized goat´s milk. Artisanal production.
    30 - La Armada


    La Armada
    León
    Four varieties: Armada, Sobao, de Mortera y Quemón. Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, pressed, and ocasionally with traces of mold in the rind and interior. Of artisanal production, made with whole unpasteurized milk.
    31 - León


    Oseja de Sajambre
    León
    Also called Queso de Vaca de León, Queso de Sajambre o Queso de Oseja de Sajambre. Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, made from cow´s milk.
    32 - La Bureba


    Burgos
    Also called Queso de los Altos. Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, made from sheep´s milk.
    33 - Ansó-Hecho


    Valles de Ansó y de Hecho
    Huesca
    Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured.
    34 -Valle de Arán


    Valle de Arán
    Lérida
    O Formatge de la Vall d´Aran. Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, made from whole cow´s milk
    35 - Benasque


    Valle de Benasque
    Huesca
    Also called Queso del Valle de Benasque. Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made from whole raw cow´s milk.
    36 - Serrat


    Pirineo Catalán
    Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made from sheep´s milk.

    37 - Tupi


    Pirineo Catalán

    Cheese fermented for at least two months, from curd or cheese from sheeps milk.
    38 - Villalón


    Tierra de Campos
    Castilla y León
    Also Pata de Mulo or Queso de Encella. Fresh or aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, of dried paste, slightly pressed and uncooked. Made with pasteurized cows`, sheeps` or mixed milks.
    39 - Burgos


    Burgos
    Fresh cheese (although it can also be left to age) made with cows` or sheeps` milks.
    40 - Camerano


    Sierra de los Cameros
    La Rioja
    Also called Queso de los Cameros. Fresh cheese, slightly aired, made with goats´ milk.
    41 - Montsec


    Sierra del Montsec
    Lérida
    Also Queso del Montsec, o Queso de clúa. An also Formatge Cendrat, (from its ash color). Aged, semi-cured cheese, made with unpasteurized whole goats´milk.
    42 - La Selva


    La Selva
    Gerona
    Aged soft cheese made with pasteurized cows´milk.
    43-Zamorano


    Zamora
    Cured cheese, aged with different levels of aging, made with sheeps´ milk.

  • Click here or in the logo of the Denomination of Origin to see the full page of the Zamorano cheese.
  • 44 - Castellano


    Castilla y León
    Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made with sheeps´ milk.
    45 - Garrotxa


    Cataluña
    Also called Queso de la Garrotxa o Formatge Pell Florida. Soft aged cheese, made with goats´ milk.

    46 - Mató


    Cataluña Central

    Unsalted fresh cheese, made with pasteurized milk, from cow, sheep or mixed.
    47 - Tronchón


    Maestrazgo
    Castellón y Teruel
    Aged cheese, from soft to cured, made with goats´, sheeps´milk, or mixed.
    48 - Albarracín


    Sierra de Albarracín
    Teruel
    Also called Queso de la Sierra de Albarracín. Fresh or aged, semi-cured, made with goats´ milk.
    49 - Gata-Hurdes


    Sierra de Gata y las Hurdes
    Cáceres
    Also known as Queso de la Sierra de Gata and Queso de las Hurdes. Aged cheese, from soft to cured, made with milk from goat mostly of retinta breed..
    50 - La Vera


    La Vera
    Cáceres
    Fresh or aged cheese, from aired to semi-cured, made with whole milk, of verata breed goats.
    51 - Tietar


    Valle del Tietar
    Avila
    Also Queso del Valle de Tietar. Frhes or aged cheese, from soft to semicured, made with goats´ milk.
    52-Acehuche


    Vegas de Coria
    Cáceres
    Aged cheese, from aired to semi-cured, made with goats´ milk.
    53 - Cassoleta


    Valencia y Castellón
    Also called Formatge de Cassoleta, Saladito Valenciano, or also Queso de Puçol o Queso de Burriana. Fresh cheese, made qith goats´, sheeps´ milk or the mix of both.
    54 - Torta del Casar


    Casar de Cáceres
    Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, made with unpasteurized raw milk.

    55 - Ibores


    Los Ibores
    Cáceres

    Aged cheese, from aired to semi-cured, made with whole milk, mainly from retinta breed goats.
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    56 - Oropesa


    La Estrella y Oropesa
    Toledo
    Aged cheese, from aired to semi-cured, made with unpasteurized whole milk, mostly from talaverana breed sheeps.
    57 - Cáceres


    Comarca de Cáceres
    Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured..
    58 - Mallorquín


    Mallorca
    Also called Queso de Mallorca; aged, from soft to cured.
    59 - La Siberia


    La Siberia
    Badajoz
    Also Queso Castilblanco. Aged cheese, from aired to cured, made with goats´ milk.
    60 - La Serena (D.O.)


    La Serena
    Badajoz
    Cheese aged for at least 8 weeks, from soft to semi-cured, made with unpasteurized whole milk, from merina breed sheep. Weights around 1Kg (2 lb.), with around 50% of fat content. Easy to spread, with a creamy taste.
    This is a cheese made almost always in an artisanal way, of a very small production, therefore very searched, difficult to find and expensive. Produced mostly in winter and spring.
    • Click here or on the Denomination of Origin logo to see the full page of the Ibores Cheese
       
    61- Quesailla


    Albuquerque y Olivenza
    Badajoz
    Also called Merendera or Pestoso. Aged cheese, from aired to cured, made with goats´ milk.
    62 - Pedroches


    Valle de los Pedroches
    Córdoba
    Also called Queso del Valle de los Pedroches. Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made with sheeps´ milk.
    63 - Servilleta


    La Costera del Ranés, Valencia
    y Alto Vinalopo, Alicante
    Also known as Formatge de Tovalló. Fresh and soft cheese, cured for a short time, and a pressed uncooked paste. Made with pasteurized milk, from goat, sheep or the mix of both.

    64 - La Nucía


    Alicante

    Also called Queso de Pastel. Fresh, made originally with goats´ , sheps´ milk, or the mix of both, partially skim.
    65 - Alicante


    Alicante
    Also called Queso de Cabra de Alicante or Formatge Blanquet. Fresh cheese, slightly aired, made with goats´milk.
    66 - Aracena


    Serranía de Huelva
    Also known Queso de la Sierra de Hueva, o Queso de Andévalo. Also Sudado, Picón, or Queso Añejo de Cabra. Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured.
    67 - Sierra Morena


    Sierra Morena
    Andalucía
    Also called Queso de la Sierra Norte de Sevilla; fresh or aged, made only with goats´ milk.
    68 - De Murcia


    Murcia
    Also called Queso fresco de Murcia. Fresh cheese. made with pasteurized milk.
    69 - De Murcia al Vino


    Murcia
    Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, made with pasteurized goats´ milk, and aged by applying external washes with wine. 
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    70- La Calahorra


    El Sened y Guadix
    Granada
    Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made mostly with sheeps´milk, although goats´ milk or the mix of both can also be used.
    71 - Alhama de Granada


    Alhama de Granada
    Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured.
    72 - Serranías de Málaga


    Serranías de Málaga
    Also called Queso de Málaga or Queso de Ronda. Fresh and soft, made with goats´ milk.

    73 - Grazalema


    Sierra de Grazalema
    Cádiz

    Also Queso de la Sierra de Grazalema. Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made with sheeps´ milk only, or mixed with some goats´ milk.
    74 - Cádiz


    Serranía de Cádiz
    Also known as Queso de las Serranías de Cádiz. From fresh to soft, made only with goats´ milk.
    75 - Conejero


    Lanzarote
    Islas Canarias
    Also called Queso de Lanzarote. Fresh or aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured made with goats´ milk.
    76 - Palmero


    La Palma
    Islas Canarias
    Aged cheese, from aired to semi-cured, made with unpasteurized whole goats´ milk.
    Web: http://www.quesopalmero.es 
    Email: quesopalmero@quesopalmero.es
    77 - Majorero


    Fuerteventura
    Islas Canarias
    Also called Queso de Fuerteventura. Aged cheese, from aired to very cured. Made with gaots´ milk.
  • Click here or in the logo of the Denomination of Origin to see the full page of the Majorero cheese.
  • 78 - Tenerife


    Tenerife
    Islas Canarias
    Also called Queso Fresco de Tenerife. Fresh or aired, made mostly with unpasteurized whole goats´ milk, and optionally mixed with cows´or sheeps´milk.
    79- La Gomera


    La Gomera
    Islas Canarias
    Also called Queso Curado de la Gomera. Aged, from cured to very cured, made with a mix of goats´ and sheeps´milk.
    80 - Flor de Guía


    Altos de Guía y de Galdar
    Islas Canarias
    Also known as Queso de Media Flor, if the coagulant is a mix of vegetable and goats curd. Aged, aired or soft, made with a mix of cows´and sheeps´milks.
    81 - Herreño


    Hierro
    Also called Queso de Hierro. Fresh cheese or aged, from aired to semi-cured.

    82 - Valdeón

    Posada de Valdeón, Leon.

    The European Commission has aprved the new Protected Geographic Denomination Queso de Valdeón. It's a fatty, pasty blue cheese, made with cow's milk or a mix of cow and goat's milk. In can be found as a whole cheese or as a creamy shake. It is produce in the Picos de Europa area, particularly in the village of Posada de Valdeón (northeast of the Leon province, just south of Asturias).

    It's a rich and creamy cheese, milder that orher blues from the area, with an excellent sweetness and tang and a nice earthiness at the ending. It's usually presented wrapped in chestnut leaves. It is a popular cheese, often used in salads or salad dressings.

    83 - L'Alt Urgell y la Cerdanya

    L'Alt Urgell y la Cerdanya, Lleida

    Cheese elaborated with pasteurized whole milk fron frisona cows. Soft and creamy texture, sweet and fulfilling aroma. Soft but full flavor nice and with character. Elaborated in the towships of L'Alt Urgell and la Cerdanya, in the eastern Pyrenees.

    Click Here or in the D.O. logo to see the full page of the Cheese L'Alt Urgell y laCerdanya.

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