Vacherin Mont D’Or

Washed for about three weeks, Vacherin Mont d’Or is then wrapped in spruce bark, known as a “Sangle” and crammed into a box that creates the rippled top. The cheese is aged for a further two to three weeks, allowing various natural moulds to form, and the formation of a slightly velvety, sometimes mottled appearance (in contrast to the stickier orange rind that is found on more washed cheeses, such as Epoisses). It is rich and voluptuous, with a resinous flavour from the spruce bark that encircles it.