Hawkes Bay’s hot, dry summers provide the ideal grazing for goats to produce flavorsome, aromatic milk for this Brie-style cheese and Te Mata’s pyramid-shaped feta-style Mt erin and lemony fresh goat’s curd Summerlee.
Cheese size
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Tasting notes of this cheese
Pakipaki achieves the delicate balance of fully realized goat flavors, without being too much for the developing New Zealand palate, although it can be runny, sticky, and feral when slightly overripe.
How to enjoy of this cheese
Use for goat’s cheese tart, or serve with thin, crisp ginger biscuits. a fine match for Sauvignon Blanc or a lighter malt whisky.
| NEW ZEALAND | Havelock North, Hawkes Bay |
| Age | 8–10 weeks |
| Weight and Shape | 3 lb (1.3kg), round |
| Size | D. 8 1⁄2 in (22cm), H. 1 in (3cm) |
| Milk | Goat |
| Classification | Soft white |
| Producer | Te Mata Cheese |