The best French cheeses
The top 3 according to 44 votes from people: Comté · Roquefort · Époisses. (Updated Dec 14, 2024.)
The must-have cheeses on a French cheese board, mostly PDO (France has 46), chosen from cheese guides, sales and polls of the French public's favourite cheeses.
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Top 15
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1
Comté
Hard cooked cheese from the Jura mountains, made from raw Montbéliarde milk; France's top PDO cheese by volume.
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Roquefort
The 'king of cheeses': raw sheep's milk blue aged in the caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, protected since 1925.
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3
Époisses
Burgundy cheese washed in marc de Bourgogne, pungent and runny.
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4
Saint-Nectaire
Semi-hard Auvergne cheese aged on rye straw, with a nutty taste.
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5
Brie de Meaux
Large bloomy-rind wheel from Seine-et-Marne, crowned 'king of cheeses' at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
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6
Reblochon
Washed-rind cheese from Savoie, essential for tartiflette.
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7
Camembert de Normandie
Soft bloomy-rind raw milk cheese, ladle-moulded; not to be confused with industrial camembert.
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8
Crottin de Chavignol
Small goat's cheese from the Sancerre area, delicious warm on a salad.
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9
Bleu d'Auvergne
Cow's milk blue cheese, milder than Roquefort.
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10
Livarot
The Norman 'colonel', bound with five strips of sedge, with a strong aroma.
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11
Beaufort
The 'prince of gruyères', a hard cooked cheese from Savoie's alpine pastures with a concave rind.
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12
Mont d'Or
Winter cheese from the Haut-Doubs wrapped in spruce, eaten with a spoon or baked hot.
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13
Fourme d'Ambert
Cylindrical blue from the Forez mountains, one of the mildest French blues.
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14
Pont-l'Évêque
Square washed-rind Norman cheese, one of the oldest in France.
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15
Munster
Washed orange-rind cheese from Alsace and the Vosges, strong-smelling but mild.
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16
Morbier
Jura cheese recognisable by its line of vegetable ash through the middle.
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Sainte-Maure de Touraine
Ash-coated goat's cheese log with an engraved rye straw through it.
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18
Ossau-Iraty
Sheep's milk cheese from the Basque Country and Béarn, served with black cherry jam.
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Comments (9)
Le Mont d'Or revient en saison, vive l'automne 🧀
Où est le Salers ? Et le Cantal ? L'Auvergne mérite mieux que ça.
Bleu d'Auvergne et Saint-Nectaire, l'Auvergne est bien représentée je trouve
Le reblochon dans une tartiflette, l'hiver à la montagne, rien de mieux.
Liste approuvée par un Normand (même si le Livarot mérite mieux que dernier)
Le Roquefort deuxième, c'est un peu surcoté non ? Moi je préfère la Fourme d'Ambert.
Le Mont d'Or chaud au four avec des patates en hiver 🤤
L'Époisses, ça pue mais qu'est-ce que c'est bon
Comté 24 mois, le meilleur fromage du monde. Point.