Persillé d'Héry
- Producer
- La Chèvrerie des Praz
- Country
- France
- Region
- Haute-Savoie
- Weight
- 2 lbs
- Website
- www.gitesdespraz.com
- Milk
- Goat
- Treatment
- Raw
- Classification
- Firm
- Rennet
- Animal
- Rind
- Natural
- Style
- Blue
This chèvrerie sits at an altitude of 3,600 feet in the village of Héry-sur-Ugine in the Haute Savoie of the French Alps. The 40 resident milking goats supply the raw material to produce wheels of classic Savoyard goat’s milk cheeses such as Tomme de Chèvre de Savoie. Visitors are welcomed to the farm, and the couple also runs on-site gites where tourists can stay overnight.
While Tomme de Chèvre is a traditional cheese, produced in the region since the 17th century, this blue cheese is an original creation of farm owners Annick and Michaël Mouchelet. Freshly pressed wheels have small holes that allow the growth of blue mold over the course of maturation, during which a natural rind also develops.
Tasting Notes
Bold blue aromas exude from a chalky, veined paste surrounded by a rustic natural rind. Initial pungency melts into a rounded butteriness before an acidic tang hits the sides of the tongue.
Pairings
Perfect served alongside a dry, fruity Crépy white wine from the Savoie.
