A cheese made exclusively from farm-produced goat’s milk. It has an unusual texture for a goat’s cheese!
This mountain goat milk cheese has been produced exclusively by farmers since the XVIIth century. Chevrotin is hand-made following a unique technique for a goat’s milk cheese (pressed, uncooked cheese with a washed rind). The goats - essentially of a mountain goat breed - are fed on pasture grass and hay.
A cheese of quality
Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) since 2002.
All about Chevrotin
- A cheese exclusively farm-produced, made from whole, unpasteurised milk
- The only goat’s milk cheese with Savoie quality certification
- Non-cooked, pressed cheese
- Weight approximately 300g
- From 9 to 12cm in diameter and 3 to 4.5cm high
- A thin, slightly pinkish rind, covered with a thin white mould
- Creamy inside, thin rind
- A delicate goat flavour, with lactic acid and floral notes
- Optimal maturing time: 3 weeks to 1 month
- Fat content: At least 45% fat to the dry content, or 25% in relation to the total weight
Production area
- Mont-Blanc, Chablais and Aravis montain ranges in Haute-Savoie, and the Bauges montain range in Savoie.
- Cradle of production : the Aravis range.
Origin and know-how
Farm-produced goat's cheese from the Savoie mountains. Each Chevrotin is unique in that it looks, tastes and has the texture associated with the unique know-how of each producer. After maturing for least 21 days, it takes on a pinkish-white hue, with an intensely delicate inside and very distinctive taste. Individually wrapped with a thin piece of spruce to regulate humidity.
