Mont d’Or AOP Les Monts de Joux – Jura Cheese – 750g

Mont d’Or AOP Les Monts de Joux – 750 g

An iconic cheese from Franche-Comté, the Mont d’Or AOP Les Monts de Joux is one of the great cheese delights of the cold season. Beneath its delicately wrinkled rind lies a creamy, smooth and melting paste, which the most indulgent will enjoy even with a teaspoon.

Also known as Vacherin, Mont d’Or takes its name from the highest mountain in the Doubs. This seasonal mountain cheese is produced at an altitude of 700 meters, between August 15 and March 15, when the herds are no longer grazing.

Throughout its aging, it is wrapped in its characteristic spruce band. It undergoes aging for at least 21 days on spruce boards, before continuing to mature in its traditional box, also made of spruce. This contact with the wood fully contributes to its identity and characteristic flavor.

This Mont d’Or is made by Les Monts de Joux, a dairy cooperative based in Bannans, on the Jura plateau, which has been producing Franche-Comté AOP cheeses since 1968.

At room temperature, its melting paste is delicious simply served with good bread and naturally finds its place on a cheese board.

But Mont d’Or is also famous for the traditional hot box: placed in the oven in its box with a little white wine and garlic, it becomes wonderfully runny. Serve it with potatoes and a salad for a generous and convivial mountain meal.

To accompany it, an Arbois white wine makes for a fine regional pairing.

Weight: approximately 750 g, including the spruce wood box.