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Soft-ripened French goat cheese from Deux-Sèvres, coated in edible ash. Creamy outside, chalky center, bright citrusy tang. Order online.
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Délice des Deux-Sèvres Cendrés is a soft-ripened goat cheese from the Deux-Sèvres region in western France, coated in a layer of edible vegetable ash that gives it its dark, dusted oval shape. It's a classic loire-adjacent goat-style cheese, made with pasteurized goat's milk and rinded with a thin bloom on top of the ash.
The paste ripens from the outside in. You get a thin, creamy line right under the rind and a chalky, slightly crumbly center that holds its shape on the knife. Flavor leans citrusy and bright, with the fresh lactic tang you expect from a young French goat cheese, a soft mushroomy note from the bloom, and a clean mineral pull from the ash itself. Mild, not barnyardy, finishes short and lemony.
This is the kind of goat cheese that wins people over who think they don't love goat cheese. Elegant little oval, gentle on the palate, and the ash makes it look like a serious centerpiece on a board with very little effort.
Soft and yielding under the knife, with a creamy outer layer ripening toward a chalkier, firmer center. The paste folds rather than crumbles when it's in good condition.
Mild and elegant rather than barnyardy. Citrusy goat tang up front, a gentle earthiness from the ash and rind, nothing aggressive.
A clean, short finish that fades into lemony freshness within a few seconds, leaving the palate ready for another bite.
Bright lactic tang sits on the front of the tongue, fresh-cream and yogurty in the way young French goat cheeses always are.
Not a nutty profile. The flavor leans fresh and citrusy, not toasted or brothy.
A soft mushroomy lift from the bloomed rind and a mineral note from the charcoal ash, but it stays clean and never tips into barnyard.
No heat or piquancy. This is a gentle goat cheese, all tang and cream.
Ash rind
The vegetable-ash coating gives the rind a soft mineral edge and a clean mushroomy note from the bloom on top. Edible and part of the experience.
Délice des Deux-Sèvres Cendrés stands on its own, but the right partners turn a wedge into a moment. Regional pairings first — they were built for each other.
Loire whites mirror the citrusy lactic tang of the goat's milk, and the bubbles in Champagne cut the creamy paste cleanly.
A drizzle of honey lifts the lactic tang into dessert territory, and soft fruit echoes the cheese's citrusy freshness.
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