Idiazabal cheese
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Idiazabal cheese is a traditional Basque and Navarrese hard cheese made from raw sheep’s milk, known for its smoky, nutty flavor and protected designation of origin status.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Idiazabal cheese canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6892129 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Idiazabal cheese Context triple: [Basque cuisine, ingredientFocus, Idiazabal cheese]
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A.
Torta del Casar cheese
Torta del Casar cheese is a renowned Spanish sheep’s milk cheese from Extremadura, celebrated for its creamy, spoonable texture and intense, slightly tangy flavor.
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B.
Manchego cheese
Manchego cheese is a famous Spanish sheep’s milk cheese known for its firm texture, distinctive nutty flavor, and protected designation of origin status.
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C.
Queijo de São Jorge
Queijo de São Jorge is a traditional, robustly flavored cow’s milk cheese from Portugal’s São Jorge Island in the Azores, renowned for its firm texture and long aging.
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D.
Menorcan cheese
Menorcan cheese is a traditional cow’s milk cheese from the Spanish island of Menorca, known for its firm texture, tangy flavor, and protected designation of origin status.
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E.
Cantal cheese
Cantal cheese is a traditional French cow’s milk cheese from the Auvergne region, known for its firm texture and nutty, tangy flavor that intensifies with age.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Idiazabal cheese Target entity description: Idiazabal cheese is a traditional Basque and Navarrese hard cheese made from raw sheep’s milk, known for its smoky, nutty flavor and protected designation of origin status.
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A.
Torta del Casar cheese
Torta del Casar cheese is a renowned Spanish sheep’s milk cheese from Extremadura, celebrated for its creamy, spoonable texture and intense, slightly tangy flavor.
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B.
Manchego cheese
Manchego cheese is a famous Spanish sheep’s milk cheese known for its firm texture, distinctive nutty flavor, and protected designation of origin status.
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C.
Queijo de São Jorge
Queijo de São Jorge is a traditional, robustly flavored cow’s milk cheese from Portugal’s São Jorge Island in the Azores, renowned for its firm texture and long aging.
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D.
Menorcan cheese
Menorcan cheese is a traditional cow’s milk cheese from the Spanish island of Menorca, known for its firm texture, tangy flavor, and protected designation of origin status.
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E.
Cantal cheese
Cantal cheese is a traditional French cow’s milk cheese from the Auvergne region, known for its firm texture and nutty, tangy flavor that intensifies with age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Basque cuisine dish
ⓘ
cheese ⓘ |
| agingTime | minimum 2 months ⓘ |
| averageWeight | 1 to 3 kilograms ⓘ |
| coagulationType | enzymatic coagulation ⓘ |
| color | pale yellow ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| crustEdibility | rind usually inedible ⓘ |
| curdType | pressed curd ⓘ |
| fatContent | high fat cheese ⓘ |
| hasCertification |
PDO
ⓘ
Protected Designation of Origin ⓘ |
| legalProtection |
EU Regulation on PDO and PGI products
ⓘ
linked to:
EU Quality Schemes Regulation
|
| madeFromMilkOf | sheep ⓘ |
| milkTreatment | raw milk ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Idiazabal
ⓘ
linked to:
Lazkao
|
| originCountrySubdivision |
Autonomous community of the Basque Country
ⓘ
linked to:
Basque Country
Chartered Community of Navarre ⓘ |
| PDORegion |
Basque Country
ⓘ
Navarre ⓘ |
| PDOStatusGrantedBy | European Union ⓘ |
| PDOStatusYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| primaryBreedUsed |
Carranzana sheep
ⓘ
Latxa sheep ⓘ |
| productionMethod | unpasteurized milk cheesemaking ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Basque Country
ⓘ
Navarre ⓘ |
| rindColor | yellowish brown ⓘ |
| rindType | natural rind ⓘ |
| servingForm |
slices
ⓘ
wedges ⓘ |
| servingTemperature | room temperature ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical ⓘ |
| smoked | often smoked ⓘ |
| smokingMaterial |
beech
ⓘ
cherry wood ⓘ hardwood ⓘ |
| texture | hard ⓘ |
| typicalAroma |
sheep milk aroma
ⓘ
smoky aroma ⓘ |
| typicalFlavor |
nutty
ⓘ
smoky ⓘ |
| typicalPairing |
cider
ⓘ
red wine ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
grating cheese
ⓘ
table cheese ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Idiazabal cheese Description of subject: Idiazabal cheese is a traditional Basque and Navarrese hard cheese made from raw sheep’s milk, known for its smoky, nutty flavor and protected designation of origin status.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.