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Mahon - Menorca
Name of Group of Producers Inspection Body
Consejo Regulador de la D.O. "Mahón"
S'Arraval, 44
07701 Mahon (Baleares)

CONSEJO REGULADOR DE LA DOP "MAHà“N-MENORCA"

Ctra.des Grau, km. 0,5 - 07700 -Mahón-Menorca
Tel: +34/971362295
Fax: +34/971368260
quesomahon@infotelecom.es

Date of Registration: 11.05.01
Half-fat to full-fat cheese; paste pressed not cooked; square-based block in shape; compact rind, firm-textured paste; weight 1-4 kg.
The production and processing area consists of the whole Island of Minorca. 
Made of milk from Friesian, Mahon or Minorcan, and/or Brown Alpine cows, with 5% of Minorcan ewe's milk; coagulation takes at least 30 minutes at a temperature of 30-34°C; brine salting for up to 48 hours; matured for at least two months, for cheese made from fresh milk.

 

 

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