Bleu des Causses

PDO Bleu de Gex, the softness of the Haut-Jura mountains

For centuries there have been craft cheesemaking plants dotted around the limestone karst plateaus. This land of heath and rockeries is home to Bleu des Causses. A canny blend of cow’s milk and spores of penicillium roqueforti, Bleu des Causses owes its sensory qualities to careful maturing in the natural cellars of the Gorges du Tarn. This ivory-coloured blue-veined cheese has a sophisticated array of aromatic flavours. Bleu des Causses is sweet and firm, offering a taste to celebrate and creamy intensity.

Cheese
Cow’s milk
YEAR OF LABELLING
1979
Thermized/pasteurized milk
Blue-veined cheese

Key figures

76 Milk producers
1 Farmhouse producers
2 Maturing plants
429 Tons marketed in 2020

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Our tasting tips

Cutting

Bleu des Causses is first cut vertically into two halves, then each piece is, in turn, split into two halves, this time cut horizontally. It should be presented on a try in quarters or eighths.

Pains à déguster avec le Bleu des Causses

Breads

Sourdough bread
Dried fruit bread
Rye bread

Food pairings

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Drink in moderation.

Several wines go nicely with Bleu des Causses but natural sweet wines such as Muscat, and some sweet white Côte de Bergerac complement its aromas particularly well.

Organoleptic characteristics

Appearance

With its ivory, blue-veined paste and a natural fully-moulded rind, it is shaped like a flat cylinder and weighs from 2 to 3kg.

Texture

a creamy texture,

Taste

Intense without being aggressive.