Fourme d'Ambert PDO - 2.2kg apx Wheel

Société Fromagère du Livradois | Auvergne, France

Fourme d'Ambert is one of France's oldest cheeses, with origins that predate the Middle Ages and a history rooted in the volcanic highlands of the Auvergne. Produced exclusively from the milk of cows grazing the mountain pastures between 600 and 1,600 metres above sea level, it carries a genuine sense of place in every bite.

Protected by PDO status, this is a blue cheese that earns its reputation not through intensity but through restraint. The paste is ivory-coloured, supple and creamy, with delicate blue-grey veining and aromas of mushroom and undergrowth. The flavour is mild, rounded and subtly sweet — widely regarded as the gentlest of all blue cheeses, and an ideal introduction for those who find other blues too sharp or pungent.

Its tall, narrow cylinder is as distinctive as the cheese itself — instantly recognisable on a board and elegant in presentation.

This Fourme d'Ambert is made by the Société Fromagère du Livradois, an independent family dairy founded in 1949 and now in its third generation under brothers Didier and Philippe Thuaire. Based in Fournols at the heart of the Livradois-Forez Regional Natural Park, they are one of the few producers making all five of Auvergne's PDO cheeses — Fourme d'Ambert, Bleu d'Auvergne, Saint-Nectaire, Salers and Cantal.

Milk: Cow  |  Style: Blue  |  Rennet: Animal  |  Origin: Auvergne, France  |  Producer: Société Fromagère du Livradois

Format: Whole wheel approx. 2.2kg