Bleu d'Auvergne

Type: Blue
Milk: Pasteurised Cow's milk
Rennet: Animal
Location: Auvergne, France

Our Bleu d’Auvergne is made at the Fromagerie de Laqueuille, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, situated at the foot of the Massif du Sancy on the edge of the National Park, Volcans d’Auvergne. This means the cows are grazing at altitude and their milk benefits from the diversity of mountain pasture and hay.

The Fromagerie is not particularly small but it's rare to find a creamery of their size that's independently owned. As such they've been able to make their cheese the way they feel will result in the best quality and have not been under pressure to mechanise or adapt to the techniques of a big factory. In addition, by buying their milk, they support a network of small local farms who would not otherwise be in production. They have their own specifications for the blue mould cultures they use and it has a distinctive flavour that sets their blue cheeses apart, giving mineral, zinc notes as well as a cereal quality and an ozone-like quality that can remind us of soda bread and seaweed butter