Wine and Tête de Moine pairings

A Tête de Moine cheese can be perfectly combined with beer. But wine is always tastier. Choose a fairly full red, for example a good Syrah, because a bit of spiciness is nice.

The Tête de Moine AOC is a special Swiss grass cheese from the Jura mountains. The special thing about this cheese is that you don't cut it. You shave the Tête de Moine, and you have a special device for that called a Girolle. With the Girolle you scrape over the cheese to get the fine 'rosettes' or florets that release the fine and delicate aromas. The cheese owes its name to the French Revolution. Tête de Moine looks like the head of a monk, who were shaved in a similar way. Tête de Moine has subtle aromas thanks to maturation on pine planks.