PDO/AOP Reblochon

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OUR PDO REBLOCHON DE SAVOIE RANGE:
-PDO farmstead Reblochon de Savoie (450 - 550g); DLUO 45 days
-PDO Reblochon de Savoie (450-550g); DLUO 90 days
DAIRY HISTORY:

Founded in 1904, Verdannet is a familly owned company – 3rd generation - located in the Savoie region in the Alps mountains.
Verdannet is specialised in the production of the 3 AOP/PDO of Savoie, and recognised for its high quality and traditional cheeses.

CHEESE HISTORY

The name comes from the Savoyard term “re-blocher” which, in the 16th century, meant “to pinch the udders a second time” or “reblasse”, the name given to a local fraud. But that dates back further. Tradition has it that the farmers on the local mountains milked the cows once for their landlords (usually local abbeys), and a second time after nightfall for themselves. It would seem that from the Renaissance onwards, the amount due to the landlord was calculated on the total milk yield. The landlord – or an inspector sent by them – would check the yield to calculate the number of cheeses the farmer owed. In order to keep this figure down, farmers would only carry out a partial milking which they would then finish once the inspector had left. The milk thus obtained was known as the second milking. Although the yield was low, the milk was very creamy and had a high fat content and was therefore of better quality. In the 16th century it was also called “devotional cheese” because it was offered to the Carthusian monks of the Thônes valley to thank them for blessing their homesteads.