Mothais sur Feuille, 180g

Made in the Poitou-Charentes region of western France, Mothais-sur-Feuille is named for the town of Mothe-Saint-Héray, where the cheese has been made and sold at local markets since the mid nineteenth century. Fresh goat’s milk is allowed to stand and slowly coagulate via lactic fermentation. Once formed, the curd is gently scooped into molds to retain as much moisture as possible, and allowed to drain naturally under its own weight. The young cheeses are then wrapped in a leaf - chestnut, sycamore or plane, depending on what is available and transferred to maturing rooms. The resulting cheese has a meltingly soft texture when young, becoming more dense as it ages. The paste of the cheese takes on the delicate wood, earth and mold flavors of the leaf and cellar that are subtle in a young cheese but become more concentrated as the cheese matures. The rind is delicate and slightly wrinkled, covered with blue and gray molds underneath the leaf. Mothais-sur-Feuille pairs well with Champagne or with a medium weight single-malt whisky.