Manchego cheese with Designation of Origin Food and drink · Herencia, La Mancha, Ciudad Real Image of Herencia, not of the place itself. Cheese of Manchega sheep's milk, pressed and cured between thirty days and two years, with the mark of the pleita stamped on the side and the flower on the faces. The Protected Designation of Origin covers Ciudad Real, Toledo, Cuenca and Albacete. Photo: Yrithinnd (Wikimedia Commons) (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Herencia