Comté AOC

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Comté AOC is a renowned French protected-designation cheese from the Jura region, celebrated for its firm texture, complex nutty flavor, and strict traditional production standards.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf AOC cheese
French cheese
protected designation of origin product
agingLocation cellars in the Jura region
agingRequirement minimum 4 months
agingSupervision affineurs
allowedBreeds French Simmental cow
Montbéliarde cow
AOCRecognitionYear 1958
AOPRecognitionYear 1996
aroma buttery
dried fruit
toasted nuts
classification Gruyère-type cheese
coagulationType rennet coagulated
color pale yellow paste
countryOfOrigin France
curdTreatment cooked and pressed
fatInDryMatter at least 45 percent
feedingRequirement cows fed mainly on local pasture and hay
forbiddenFeed silage
madeFromMilkOf cow
milkTreatment raw milk
pairing Jura white wines
Vin Jaune NERFINISHED
dry sparkling wines
PDOStatus European Union NERFINISHED
primaryProductionArea Massif du Jura GENERATED
productionLimit milk must come from defined geographic area
productionStandard Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée
Appellation d’Origine Protégée
protectedBy EU PDO regulations NERFINISHED
French AOC regulations
qualityControl graded by official tasting panels
regionOfOrigin Franche-Comté NERFINISHED
Jura NERFINISHED
rindType natural brushed rind
servingTemperature room temperature
surfaceTreatment regular brushing and salting of rind
texture firm
pressed cooked cheese
typicalAgingRange 4 to 24 months
typicalFlavor complex
fruity
nutty
typicalShape large flat wheel
typicalUse cooking cheese
table cheese
wheelDiameter approximately 40 to 70 centimeters
wheelWeight approximately 30 to 50 kilograms

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AOC notableExample Comté AOC