Roquefort Papillon AOP

Producer: Papillon

Location: Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France

Style: Blue

Milk Type: Ewe

Milk Treatment: Raw

Tasting Notes: Sweet, Peppery, Rich

Vegetarian: No

Legend has it, that Roquefort was discovered when a shepherd was eating his lunch of bread and ewe's milk cheese, he saw a beautiful girl in the distance. He left his meal in a nearby cave and ran to her. When he returned to the cave, a number of months later, the Penicillium Roqueforti mould, found naturally within the caves, had turned his cheese into what we now know as, Roquefort.

A moist cheese, with a bright white paste, and beautiful, consistent blue/green marbling. Strong and mighty, but well-balanced, and salty.