For those of you who obsess over cheese, or whose diets consists of at least 75% dairy, listen up: there's a new World Champion cheese, and her name is Agou Ossau-Iraty, she hails from southwestern France, she's made of raw sheep milk, and she can be yours in San Francisco if you can afford it.

The handmade 10-month old Ossau-Iraty made by Fromagerie Agou recently took the top award at the World Cheese Awards in England, for the second time in its brief, nutty, creamy life (the first win came in 2006). Artisanal, a New York cheese monger, described it thusly: "Its fragrance is reminiscent of toasted hazelnuts, and its taste encapsulates the sweet, buttery flavors that a great sheep's milk cheese can deliver."

Here's how a handful of cheese shops San Francisco that carry the champ are describing it and how much they're charging:

Rainbow Grocery: Though they sell two Ossau-Iraty cheeses, the award winner is "procured by Dante Cheese company" in San Francisco who "hand-selected one cheese" this year, the raw sheep's milk award winner. ($28.99/lb)

Cowgirl Creamery Artisan Cheese Shop at the Ferry Building: "It's an excellent cheese," we were told, "and it's made in the western Pyrenees from France, farm house style." We like France and farmhouses, so this cheese sounds more than promising. ($33.95/lb)

24th Street Cheese Company: Cheese monger Ellen Herlihy gets specific in her description of the noted cheese, saying that the Ossau-Iraty has "deep notes of chamomile and a finish of salted caramel with hints of herbaceousness." She also noted the "creamy subtext of sheep's cream" throughout the cheese. ($29.95/lb)