Young wheels
- Producer’s flavor description
- Sweet and aromatic
Juncu Sardo
Juncu is a Sardinian cheese with a ridged rind and recipes that vary by producer.
- Rind
- Ridged
- Producer recipes
- Sheep-only or sheep-and-goat milk
La Rinascita’s young and aged Juncu
La Rinascita describes its Juncu as a semicooked sheep’s-milk pecorino, matured for at least 30 days. The producer distinguishes two flavor profiles without setting a separate age threshold for each.
Aged wheels
- Producer’s flavor description
- Pleasantly piquant
Two producers, two recipes
La Rinascita uses sheep’s milk for its semicooked Juncu. Fanari’s Juncu Brillo combines sheep’s and goat’s milk, then receives a grape-pomace finish.
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