Louvie (Pyrénées)

A natural thin rind with bloomy patched moulds gives this cheese a crumbly fruity, nutty taste with the edges just melting. The richness of goat’s milk is evident but not overwhelming. These tubby drum-shaped cylinders of flaky textured goat’s cheese are available during summer and into autumn. This area was famous for mining iron-ore, as well as being known for white marble, and the mineral flavours in the cheese give a quite unique imprint on the taste buds, quite unlike those of the Loire, Provence or the Ardèche.