Chistou

   A silky smooth french cheese.  Made of both sheep and cow's milk.  It's very smooth and mild, in the beginning it's almost boring, but soon after the flavor deepens.  The flavor gets more interesting but never strong and stays characteristically smooth throughout.  There is almost a hint of a flavorful swiss but only just so.  It was a rare find at a market that usually doesn't have much of a cheese selection, and quite cheap because of it.  A great cheese anyone, cheese lover or not, will enjoy. 

Uniekaas Farmer's Gouda

   Rich, buttery, salty, and strong, but not too strong.  It's a semi soft, raw cow's milk cheese aged for 9 months.  This Dutch cheese has a nice bold aged flavor but not as strong as a similar aged Gruyere.  There are these great little crystals that some good aged cheese has.  They give it just a little crunch which is nice.  I'm no stranger to Gouda and this is a unique and excellent example.  Definitely more interesting then your average Gouda.  With much more depth to it as well.  Overall, strong enough to let you know its a serious aged cheese but not overly so.  Absolutely worth a try.

The First Post ( Idiazabal )

Idiazabal
  
   Delicious.  It really is.  A semi soft, sheep's milk cheese from Spain.  Aged and smoked.  Mild, definitely  not strong but flavorful.  It ends more interesting then it starts.  Maybe a little nutty but not much and just slightly buttery as well.  The smoke is perhaps the most mild smoking of cheese I have yet to taste.  Not too sheepy either, it could easily be mistaken for a cow's milk cheese.  Never having even heard of it before, and I still don't know if I'm even pronouncing it correctly, it was a good buy.  I must say, being my first post, this cheese as with any other has many variations and this is my opinion on this particular one.  To wrap up, it's mild yet flavorful and very worthy of being my first review.