Pelardon des Cevennes, a typical french goat cheese, produced of the Gard and Lozère, France


The Cévennes is a mountainous region in the south of France blessed with luxurious vegetation and a strong personality. It has retained this natural and beautiful environment until today. These mountains have a long and rich history especially concerning the farming industry. This industry has transformed its domestic products of quality with a distinctive character.

Two thousand years ago Mr Pline l'Ancien, a famous Roman writer, wrote that cheese from this region was well appreciated on the tables of Rome.

In the woods and on the natural plains, the goats of this region graze on a diet of natural grasses and pure mountain air. As a result of this they produce a milk of quality which is rich of taste.

The region of sweet chestnuts and goaths

It is a regional product based on traditional 'know-how' and the fruits of this privileged land: the Pélardon
cheese is made from raw milk and moulded in a traditional way.

To mature this cheese, it must be regularly tumed to help reach its point of perfection. Again, this is done in a traditional way - by hand.

This traditional process, which starts with quality mountain milk, results in a cheese of fine texture and with a rich savoury taste.

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Today, tradition is enhanced by rigorous hygiene controls with the farmers and going right the way through to product. Not a day of production goes by without the control being exercised.

A final quality check is done - by hand- to select only the best cheeses which are then wrapped and sent to be enjoyed on the tables of the world.

The Pélardon, a small goats cheese, has its origins in the mountains of the Cévennes.The goat herds (usually small in number) are found, for the main part, on the rough steep slopes of these mountains.

The Pélardon has travelled throughout time without any change to its history.

Today's method of producfion respects old traditions. collected and transferred into curds each day. It is then form its traditional shape.

How to appreciate this famous cheese ?

Fresh - with its soft texture and light salted taste, it offers a cheese for the lovers of light food.

Semi-hard - covered in a light white skin, it presents a creamy character with a nutty taste and melts in the mouth. At this point it is at its best for ^'gourmet' usage.

Hard - it confirms its full character. Its mature covering gives it a stronger taste which is appreciated by the connaisseur.

Appropriate wine: red "coteaux du Languedoc " or dry white wine