• Appearance: It has a very flat, small cone (diameter 9.5cm, height 2 – 3cm) with barrel-like sides and an ash-covered rind.
• Type of cheese: It is soft with a natural colour.
• Taste and flavours: It has a fresh taste and is best eaten with the rind.
• Production: It is made with a small amount of rennet and the curd is not broken up but put into flattened cone-shaped moulds by hand.  The cheese is removed from its mould before being lightly rubbed with a mixture of salt and charcoal powder.
• Maturation period: 10 days.

Description / History / Origin

This cheese is produced in the small regions to the South of the Loire – Sologne and Touraine – as well as parts of Champagne, Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Cher plus around Selles-sur-Cher, the place that gives the cheese its name.

More information

This cheese brings freshness to a cheese board but is also perfect when served in small slices with a Loire wine.