Metsovone of Epirus is a hard, smoked cheese and a fine table cheese although also delicious for grilling.  Medium hard to hard cheese, yellowish in color, solid and with small holes. It has a slightly salty, spicy taste and pleasant aroma. Formed in large sausage-shaped molds, it is left to ripen for five months. It is a Protected Designation of Origin product and is made in  etsovo (Epirus) from sheep’s milk, cow or goat’s milk or blend of the three.