The best French goat cheeses
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Crottin de Chavignol · Sainte-Maure de Touraine · Valençay. (Updated Sep 28, 2026.)
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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Top 10
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1
Crottin de Chavignol
The best known PDO goat cheese, a small disc from the Sancerre area aged 10 days to 4 months.
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2
Sainte-Maure de Touraine
Ash-coated log with a rye straw engraved with the producer's name.
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3
Valençay
Ashed truncated pyramid, fine paste with a hazelnut taste.
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4
Selles-sur-Cher
Ashed disc from Loir-et-Cher whose rind you eat.
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5
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre
Tall Berry pyramid nicknamed the 'Eiffel Tower'.
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6
Rocamadour
Tiny, ultra-creamy disc from Quercy.
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7
Pélardon
Small goat's cheese from the Cévennes with a hazelnut taste.
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8
Banon
Haute-Provence goat's cheese wrapped in chestnut leaves.
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9
Picodon
Small tangy cheese from the Drôme and Ardèche.
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10
Chevrotin
Washed-rind goat's cheese from Savoie, cousin of reblochon.
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11
Rigotte de Condrieu
Small mild goat's cheese from the Lyon area.
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12
Mothais-sur-feuille
Poitou goat's cheese aged on a chestnut leaf.
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Comments (2)
Le crottin de Chavignol bien sec, sur une salade chaude, parfait.
Le Pélardon des Cévennes est sous-coté !