NeighbourhoodOrtigosa de Cameros (Sierra de Cameros)
KindFarm
Visitingdirect sale at the Ortigosa address, guided visit of the dairy with a tasting, booked by phone, listed on its site; that page still reads closed until spring 2024, so ask before travelling
BookingBy appointment
Price12 EUR from age 13, 10 EUR aged 9 to 12, under 9 free; groups of 6 at least (its visit page, last updated for the 2024 season)
Herdgoats, about 180 on its goats page, milked by hand and grazing freely

Cheeses: Queso Camerano

Website: rocadecabra.com

What to pour with their cheese

Queso Camerano with Rioja Reserva (Tempranillo-led)

Our pick

Curado Camerano, ripened at least 75 days, is hard, with a brown-green mould rind and a salty, slightly bitter finish. A Tempranillo-led Reserva, aged a year or more in oak, brings fruit that softens the bitterness, while the cheese's salt tames the tannin.

4.9 Vina Tondonia Reserva R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia 4.7 Vina Ardanza Reserva La Rioja Alta S.A. 4.7 Dalmau Reserva Marques de Murrieta 4.7 Vina Bosconia Reserva R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia

Queso Camerano with Rioja Crianza (Tempranillo)

Our pick

Semicurado Camerano is firmer, with a cave-like, mouldy note under the rind. A Tempranillo Crianza gives red cherry and plum with supple tannin after 12 to 14 months in oak: enough fruit to face that cellar edge, too soft in tannin to bully the goat milk.

4.2 Cune Crianza CVNE 4.2 Luis Canas Crianza Bodegas Luis Canas 4.1 Izadi Crianza Bodegas Izadi

Queso Camerano with Rioja Gran Reserva (Tempranillo-led)

Our pick

Two years or more in oak and long bottle ageing make Gran Reserva Rioja mature and complex, medium in tannin and high in acidity; curado Camerano, hard, salty and faintly bitter with wild-herb notes, meets that depth, and the acidity cuts its fat.

4.9 Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia 4.9 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial Marques de Murrieta 4.9 Gran Reserva 890 La Rioja Alta S.A. 4.8 Gran Reserva 904 La Rioja Alta S.A.

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Location

Address: Calle Enrique de la Riva 2, 26124 Ortigosa de Cameros, La Rioja

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Cheeses: Queso Camerano

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