Comté Reservé

The richest and most popular cheese in France from the mountains of Jura. The salt is strong but balanced leaving a nutty tang. Our Comté is a reserve variety matured for over 12 months.

“The manufacture of the cheese began as early as the 12th century, when shepherds would spend the summer months in their remote huts of the Jura massif. The distance from towns of any size meant that any cheese they made would need to mature over a period of months.

The milk was pooled between neighbouring shepherds, and the huge cheeses would be stored until being carried to market at the end of the season.
Once summer had ended, so would production of Comté, with the cows’ milk instead being used to make Vacherin Mont d’Or.

Eight départements are now entitled to produce the cheese, each of which surrounds Franche-Comté, and also including parts of Rhône-Alpes." (Wikipedia)