We are in the Jura Mountains, one of the coldest areas in Western Europe.
Originally, the priority was to produce a tomme allowing a family to spend the winter.
Travel is made impossible by snow and frost.
1264 for the manufacture of Comté, the peasants organize themselves into a fruit farm and pool their milk. Revolutionary!
The Comté is a magnificent novel.
Taste and emotion.
Data sheet
- Type of milk
- cow
- Label
- AOP
- geographic origin
- Franche Comté
- view
- Its crust is grainy on the surface, solid, its dough has an ivory to yellow color, its texture is somewhat supple.
- taste
- Frank and persistent taste, rich in lactic, fruity, and vegetable aromas, the spiciness is absent.
- nose
- Very aromatic note of dried fruits, grass, flowers, leather.
- type of milk
- raw milk
- Intensity
- pronounced
- Affinage
- 12 to 24 month
One day, I tasted the Comté with summer milk ...For what is without doubt the best cheese in the world, each tasting is a unique experience. A modest French culture moment struck by eternity.