World's priciest cheese?

In a distant land 3000 years ago, the pages of history tell of King Saul – the first anointed king of the Israelites. King Saul’s legacy endured, shadowing a reign filled with battles, passion, grandeur, honour and loss. But King Saul’s dynasty was short lived and the fledgling monarchy disintegrated within the brief historical chapter from which it had risen.

Today renowned Australian master cheesemaker ‘Saul Sullivan’ proudly presents a cheese worthy to honour this historical monarch and has crafted a cheese that is the first of its kind made in Australia – “King Saul” an Udder Delights Raw Milk Blue Cheese.

This inaugural small batch release commences the new reign of “King Saul” – long live the King!

Leading Adelaide Hills’ cheese maker Saul Sullivan has confounded his critics and created a slice of history by producing Australia’s first living raw cow’s milk blue cheese approved for public consumption.

The Udder Delights King Saul Raw Blue cheese is a premium product that will be produced in limited batches each year, with the first vintage of just 400 half-kilogram wheels, presented in handcrafted wooden boxes – 160 of which will be released late 2014 and another 160 released Autumn 2015.

The launch follows some two years of intensive research and development, trial and error, ecstatic highs and abject lows before the product was finally granted approval to start making the raw milk blue cheese by the Dairy Authority of South Australia (DASA) in June 2014.

Mr Sullivan – who runs the award-winning Lobethal-based Udder Delights with his wife Sheree – also chalked up a world first for the company, perfecting a hand-making process that gives King Saul cheese the ability to mature for more than twice as long as other blue vein cheeses and so maximise taste, complexities and rich characteristics.

Mr Sullivan says what makes King Saul so special is the non-pathogenic Hafnia Alvei bacteria, which ensures that the cheese is terroir reflective. In other words, it contains and shares the flavours of the specific region where the milk-producing cows live…such as the pastures, the waterways, and the air quality.

King Saul is initially only available through the Udder Delights Cheese Cellar in Hahndorf, South Australia and postal delivery throughout Australia, or pickup. Each individually numbered & beautifully packaged King Saul costs $150 for the 500g round in a wooden box.

The first deliveries of King Saul commenced in the first week of December 2014. This is a rare product so you will need to pre-order, to ensure you don’t miss out. There are only 160 500g rounds of King Saul for sale this year.

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