The one and only
Geulhemmer Grottenkaas
Cheese that ripens for months in the Geulhemmergroeve, the marl cave deep beneath South Limburg. You can taste it.
In the Geulhemmergroeve, a centuries-old marl cave beneath South Limburg, our cheese ripens the way it always has: in the dark, in the cool, and with all the time the flavour needs.
The cave
Deep beneath South Limburg lies the Geulhemmergroeve, a marl quarry once cut by hand by block-breakers. Its passages run for kilometres and stay cool and damp all year round.
Air like that cannot be imitated anywhere. Between the soft marl walls, every cheese ripens slowly on.
The time
Ripening is above all a matter of patience. The wheels rest on pine boards, where they are turned and brushed in turn and otherwise left in peace.
Over those months the rind slowly forms, and beneath it a full, deep flavour grows.
The hand
Mitchel Sauer tends the wheels himself. Day in, day out, he turns, brushes and checks them by hand.
It stays craftsmanship, wheel by wheel.
In the cave only one thing counts: time.The wayside chapel · Geulhemmergroeve
Full, nutty and honestly earthy.
- iButtery & fullA creamy base that slowly opens on the tongue.
- iiNuts and caramelNotes of hazelnut and a touch of caramel from the long ripening.
- iiiAn earthy finishCool, mineral and long. You taste the cave again.
Available at
- Kaashandel PeerboomIngber
- Bossche Bourgondiër‘s-Hertogenbosch
- Kaashandel SauerAt the market and online via the webshop
Taste the cave.
The one and only Geulhemmer grottenkaas is available in limited supply at Kaashandel Sauer. Find us at the market or order from the webshop.