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Red Storm

£47.00

Vintage Red Leicester

Description

Complex and refined vintage Red Leicester with sweet caramel notes

200g

2kg

In stock

In Stock • Order by 2pm for 2–4 day delivery.

Nutritional Information

Typical Nutrition Per 100g

Energy 415kcal / 1720kJ

Fat 34.4g

of which saturated fats 21.9g

Carbohydrates 1.6g

of which sugars <0.1g

Protein 24.1g

Salt 1.8g

Ingredients
Red Leicester Cheese [Milk], Colour (Annatto)

Allergen Information
Contains: Milk (Milk)

Dietary Information
Suitable for Vegetarians
Suitable for Coeliacs
Delivery & Returns Information

We can deliver your order to any address in mainland UK for just £6.00 – delivery is FREE for all orders of £35 & over unless a named day service is selected.
We deliver throughout mainland UK only, excluding PO or BFPO Boxes, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands and UK Islands. Deliveries take place from Tuesday to Friday.
Standard Delivery:
Delivered within 2 – 4 working days Tuesday to Friday if ordered by 2pm. £6.00 or free if you spend £35 or over.
Named Day and Next Day Delivery:
Delivered on a day of your choice Tuesday to Friday for just £6.00.

Saturday and Sunday delivery:
Delivery on your chosen Saturday (only available for mainland UK). Order needs to be placed by 1pm on Friday if ordering for the following Saturday. £9.00.

Packaged with Care:
Every order is packaged carefully including a reusable/recyclable cool pack and a recyclable cardboard box to ensure your goods or gift arrive in the very best condition. See our Quintessential Hamper unboxing video as an example of how your hamper will arrive.
For more information, please see our Delivery FAQs.

Order Tracking:
Your order tracking number will be provided within your despatch confirmation email. Please click the link to track your order. The courier company (DHL or Royal Mail) will contact the mobile number given when placing the order to provide an update on the expected day & time of arrival.
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Red Storm and Rock Star Charcuterie Crisps

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Overall rating: 4.931667 / 5 from 600 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Red Storm is a vintage Red Leicester cheese praised for its exceptional quality, vibrant colour, and delightful sweet caramel notes. Customers appreciate its great flavour, strong bite, and excellent texture, making it a top choice for cheese lovers. The product is also noted for its perfect gift potential and the company's excellent service.

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Colour: 2%
Bite: 2%
Leicester Cheese: 10%
Quality: 5%

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Review highlights

"The colour , texture and taste are excellent and well worth a try." — June S.
"Nice natural colour amazing deep flavour excellent quality and great value for such a well made product ." — Peter G.
"Loved the Red Storm, lovely texture and full of flavour, also the vibrant colour." — Alison

Reviews

Well packaged and arrived quickly.

"Well packaged and arrived quickly. However, I was surprised to see that you couldn’t buy green, red and white cheese gift options to celebrate the colours in the Welsh flag"

— Kathryn D. (5/5)

Great flavour and amazing texture

"Love this cheese with a little bit of relish makes a refreshing after diner treat or even if you just fancy some cheese and crackers with a nice glass of wine would so recommend this cheese"

— Renee D. (5/5)

Strong and creamy, always good

"What a wonderful cheese! The strength of flavour and creamy finish in the mouth makes this my go to red. Bubbles nicely on toast too. Versatile and super tasty."

— Rachel W. (5/5)

Amazing Cheese

"Efficient prompt delivery of the most delicious cheese have ever tasted . So smooth and creamy and the depth of flavour is incredible. . all Snowdonia’s Cheese is of this calibre . Once tried you won’t go anywhere else …."

— Peter G. (5/5)

Tasty and rich

"A great cheese ideal for crusty bread"

— George W. (5/5)

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"This is a very beautiful cheese but I like all the cheeses"

— Dawn M. (5/5)

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"Delicious - so much so that it didn’t take long for me to polish it off! Wonderful rich strong Red Leicester cheese"

— Hazel C. (5/5)

Love Snowdonia

"This online store is such a great find - lovely hampers and gift ideas, and on top of that you earn points, and guess what? Points make prizes, in this case free cheese. What's not to like?"

— Ruth T. (5/5)