Aphrodite Barrel Aged Feta PDO

Tasting Notes.

Aphrodite Barrel-Aged Feta is a delicious traditional feta with soft, creamy and milky flavours and an addictive but delicate peppery finish.

Produced under strict PDO regulations from a seasonal blend of sheep and goat milk that’s collected from free-ranging flocks in the hills surrounding Almyros in Central Greece, it has been ripened in handmade beechwood barrels; a technique that dates back to an era when nomadic shepherds roamed the mountains of northern Greece.

The barrel aging process produces a different cheese, unlike modern Feta, which is ripened for two-to-three months and sealed in tins, plastic, or stainless steel.

The inside of each barrel is first smeared with ourda, a mizithra whey cheese, before five layers of drained, salted curds are carefully placed inside the barrel with a small amount of whey to fill any gaps.

Weighing more than 60kg when full, each barrel is sealed and placed in a warm room for several weeks for curd fermentation to begin. The barrels are then transferred to a cool cellar for at least three months.

The result is a fresh, tangy eating cheese that will continue to undergo transformation into more complex flavours once cut and packed under brine.

Available in 170g/6oz vacuum pack, 180g/ 8oz in brine and a catering 3.6kg (Australia only)