Swiss Raclette Quarter Wheel (Approximately 2.5-3 lbs)

So excited to get this nice quarter wheel Raclette! It’s wonderful, came quickly (quicker than advertised) and is just as described. Very happy!

Delicious. Came faster than estimate.

Great quality. Would definitely buy again

This is a dual review of sorts... we purchased both this Swiss cheese ( Swiss Raclette Quarter Wheel (Approximately 2.5-3 lbs) ) sold by Gourmet-Food and the French cheese ( igourmet French Raclette - 2 lb Cut (2 pound) ) sold by iGourmet. "Swiss Quarter Wheel" was 2.43lbs "French 2lb Cut" was 2.1lbs Both cheeses tasted superb in our opinion with the Swiss having a more earthy or nutty tone to it making it more similar to the Swiss Gruyere. The French cheese was creamier than the Swiss and was preferred by the kids more; this also seemed to melt faster than the Swiss one in our Raclette machine ( Swissmar KF-77043 Classic 8-Person Raclette Party Grill with Reversible Cast Aluminum Non-Stick Grill Plate/Crepe Top Red Enamel ). A note on the packaging... both came well packaged with cool packs. Orders were placed at the same time and delivered 2 days later within an hour of each other by different carriers. All-in-all, we'll be buying both again from either seller.

A "quarter wheel" means 1/4th of a wheel of cheese. If a circle is cut into four equal sizes, the cut sides should be the same dimension. There was a 2" difference between the two cut sides, one 5" and one 7". I ordered based on headcount of guests and thankfully had a package from the grocery store to supplement, or I wouldn't have had enough. The raclette itself was good quality, but I'm perplexed why my quarter wasn't an actual quarter.

Raclette is by far our families favorite once-a-month 'guilty pleasure'. As such, we have been trying many different brands of this cheese over the last long while. While no Raclette can be fairly classified as anything other than excellent, this specific brand lacks as much flavor as most of the others that we have tried. Its melting consistency is great, but the taste seems to be more creamy, with a little less bite than we generally prefer. Still, tho... Yum!

The company was very nice but this cheese has zero flavor until the last second then it is really bitter. Being swiss and growing up in Switzerland I have had my fair share of raclette. There was so little flavor that the entire dinner group stopped eating and we went out to eat after because it was that gross. If you've ever had Raclette you know how stinky it is. It stinks up your house for the rest of the day so smelling it was a smack in the face because you know you were ripped off by 70 dollars. The post office made a mistake and rerouted the cheese multiple times so it took 7 days to get here. It arrived warm and you could smell the cheese through the vacuum seal. Maybe something happened in transit that made it taste so bad but I cannot recommend this product due to the lack of flavor.

I am a huge fan me this company, as ALL of their cheeses are excellent. I was having a raclette party, so I ordered this nice slice of cheese at an amazing price, and it was so delectable and succulent that I ended up eating more of it than a party could handle! Oops! :D Also, disregard Amazon's estimated date of delivery--the seller always gets it to you as fast as possible--I'm talking 2-3 days AT MOST. What's more to love?! A+++++ --cheese-head