# The best French goat cheeses

France's PDO goat cheeses, from the Loire Valley to the South, according to France.fr, cheesemongers and guides to goat cheese PDOs.

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- Sep 28, 2026 · raclette_paris
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## Top 10

1. **Crottin de Chavignol** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The best known PDO goat cheese, a small disc from the Sancerre area aged 10 days to 4 months.
2. **Sainte-Maure de Touraine** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ash-coated log with a rye straw engraved with the producer's name.
3. **Valençay** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ashed truncated pyramid, fine paste with a hazelnut taste.
4. **Selles-sur-Cher** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ashed disc from Loir-et-Cher whose rind you eat.
5. **Pouligny-Saint-Pierre** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tall Berry pyramid nicknamed the 'Eiffel Tower'.
6. **Rocamadour** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tiny, ultra-creamy disc from Quercy.
7. **Pélardon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Small goat's cheese from the Cévennes with a hazelnut taste.
8. **Banon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Haute-Provence goat's cheese wrapped in chestnut leaves.
9. **Picodon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Small tangy cheese from the Drôme and Ardèche.
10. **Chevrotin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Washed-rind goat's cheese from Savoie, cousin of reblochon.
11. **Rigotte de Condrieu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Small mild goat's cheese from the Lyon area.
12. **Mothais-sur-feuille** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poitou goat's cheese aged on a chestnut leaf.

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