Jura Comté aged into brown butter, hazelnut, and butterscotch depth.
AOP Comté from the Jura, aged 24 months. Raw cow's milk, dense paste, brown butter and butterscotch finish. Order online.
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Comté from the Jura mountains of eastern France, aged out to 24 months and right in the sweet spot where the fruit of a younger wheel has dried down into something deeper. Raw cow's milk, natural rind, AOP-protected, made the way it's been made in the mountain fruitières for centuries.
The paste is firm and dense, a pale straw color that breaks into clean slabs under the knife with the occasional tiny crunch of crystal. On the palate it opens with brown butter and toasted hazelnut, then pulls into a long caramel and butterscotch finish that lingers well past the swallow. There's a savory depth underneath the sweetness that's the calling card of a properly aged Comté.
At 24 months this wheel sits right at the point where the cheese still has enough moisture to eat in big shards off a board, but it's developed the full library of aged-alpine flavor. One of the great cheeses of France, and a cheese that rewards a little patience on the cheeseboard, in a fondue, or shaved over a warm tart.
Firm and dense, breaks into clean slabs under the knife with a smooth, slightly supple paste that softens on the tongue.
Pronounced and layered, with brown butter and toasted nut up front giving way to a long caramel pull on the back palate.
Long, sweet finish of butterscotch and toasted hazelnut that lingers well past the swallow.
The fresh-milk character has cooked down with age, leaving just a whisper of cultured cream behind the nuttier notes.
Deeply nutty, hazelnut and brown butter through the middle with a savory, almost earthy depth that builds with each bite.
A gentle cave-aged earthiness sits underneath the sweetness, more toasted grain and warm pastry than mushroom or barnyard.
No real heat, just a clean savory finish without any piquant bite.
Natural rind
Natural brushed rind, dusty tan with a faint cellar aroma. Trim it off; it isn't meant to be eaten.
Comté stands on its own, but the right partners turn a wedge into a moment. Regional pairings first — they were built for each other.
Vin Jaune from the same Jura region echoes the nutty oxidative notes, and a crisp Champagne or Chardonnay cuts the richness of the aged paste.
The brown-butter and caramel notes love crisp orchard fruit and toasted walnuts; a touch of honey or mostarda lifts the savory finish.
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