Wine and Comté pairings

Comté is a firm cheese from the French Jura with a fruity, slightly sweet and nutty flavour. That nutty flavour comes back beautifully in the slightly oxidised white wines from the Jura and that is also the combination we heartily recommend.

Comté is made by farmers in the French Jura. The cheese is made from the raw cow's milk of the Montbéliard breed. They graze on the plains of the Jura. Comté has an AOC quality mark and must therefore comply with strict rules. It may only be made in the summer. There is both young and older (longer matured) Comté. The younger Comté is fruity and has a slightly sweet taste. The more mature Comté is firmer and has a more animalistic taste. Both are nutty.