Comté Extra Vieux Cheese

One of the most popular cheeses in the shop! Comté is a Gruyère-style cheese from the Franche-Comté region. It is produced in large wheels during the summer months when the cows graze on high pastures. These cheeses are then aged for around 24 months, which adds nutty notes to the sweet flavour of mountain flora in the milk. The manufacture of the cheese began as early as the 12th century, and under the AOC protection laws the cows’ diet is strictly controlled, and silage forbidden, which preserves the purity of these flavours. Once summer has ended, so would production of Comté, and the cows’ milk would be used to make Vacherin Mont d’Or instead.