Valençay

France

Courtesy of Anneke Baas and Frans Haalebos

appellation: Appellation d’Origine Protégée (AOP)

place: the region of Bas-Berry (approximately the present department of Indre) plus about 50 communes in adjacent departments, Loire Valley, France

milk: goat (Alpine and Saanen breeds), raw

type: small, soft, acid-curd, charcoal-dusted, bloomy-rind

size: truncated p…