Dairy

Selles-sur-Cher

Selles-sur-Cher is a flat, ash-coated disc of Loire goat cheese from the Cher valley, smaller and thinner than many crottins, with a dark charcoal surface that contrasts the pure white lactic paste. Young pieces taste lemony and saline; as they dry, the paste firms and flavours shift toward hazelnut, dry leaf, and a refined goaty finish without heavy bitterness. It is a classic board cheese with Sancerre or other Loire whites, or crumbled over roasted beetroot and bitter leaves. AOP rules require ash (traditionally vegetable charcoal) and milk from the defined central French zone, preserving the thin-disc silhouette that separates it from thicker crottins and tall pyramids.

Also known as: Selles-sur-Cher