Powerful, with vegetal and fruity notes.
Nowadays, a true Camembert de Normandie is a rare cheese indeed. The real deal should be hand-ladled, made with raw Normande cows’ milk and have a thin, undulating rind. Just like this.
Fruity, smooth, mellow and nutty.
Made in a small, village-based co-operative called a fruitière. At a few weeks' old, this Comté then enters Marcel Petite’s maturing rooms where it is regularly turned, brushed and rubbed.
Supple and creamy. Gloriously earthy.
In Patrick Rance’s French Cheese Book, several pages recounted his search for a true Saint Nectaire, with all the quality and complexity of old. His answer was to insist on fermier, such as this from Xavier Morin.