Comte Fleur
Comte Fleur
French raw cow's milk cheese from the Jura Mountains, aged 6 months — buttery with toasted hazelnut and a touch of wood. Sold as an 8 oz. wedge.
Comte© is defined by its key notes of butter, but without denying toasted hazelnut and a touch of wood. Springy, pliant, and floral, this is a young cheese with an old soul.
The Story
Comte© Fleur is made from the milk of the red-pied (think Holstein-y splotches of rusty brown instead of black) Montbeliarde cows, one of two breeds permitted by the Comte© AOC designation (the other is the French Simmental, in case you're keeping count). This cheese is produced and aged in the Jura Mountains of France. This range and its 200-million-year-old fossil beds give us the term "Jurassic." The region may be home to fascinating fossils, but, aged only 6 months, Comte© Fleur shows us you need not be old to be great.
Quick Facts
- Country of Origin: France
- Milk Type/Treatment: Raw Cow
- Rennet Type: Animal
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