Comte Le Montagnard (~2.5kg) (Cow) - President

Comté is the designation of origin of a French cheese processed mainly in Franche-Comté and benefiting from an AOC since 1958 and an AOP since 1996. Its production area extends in the departments of Jura, Doubs and the east of the Ain and the Saône et Loire.                            

It is a cheese made from raw cow's milk, cooked in a pressed paste. It comes in wheels 55 to 75 cm in diameter and with a mass of 32 to 45 kg1. It takes about 450 liters of raw milk to make a county wheel.