Cheese Database

Fontina vs Taleggio

Fontina

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Pressed
Rind
Washed rind
Country
Italy
Place
Aosta Valley
Status
PDO

Fontina on this page is Fontina Val d'Aosta, a cow's-milk cheese from the Aosta Valley, and a protected cheese. The rind is washed. The paste is elastic and smells of the cellar.

Taleggio

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Washed rind
Rind
Washed rind
Country
Italy
Place
Lombardy
Status
PDO

Taleggio is a square washed-rind cow's-milk cheese from Lombardy, and a protected name. It is named for Val Taleggio, in the mountains north of Bergamo.