Roncal cheese
- sheep milk
- hard
- Drink
- Tempranillo or SangioveseAged sheep's milk has the salt and fat to stand up to a structured red.
- Driving
- Hibiscus or sour cherryTart red fruit, which is what the wine brings.
- Eat with
- Quince paste and toasted almondsAged sheep's milk is salty and dense; sweet fruit paste is the Iberian answer to it.
Derived from the milk and the style of the cheese, not from local custom. A local will have opinions.