Roquefort Papillon – French Sheep's Milk Blue Cheese
Roquefort Papillon – French Sheep's Milk Blue Cheese
Milk: Sheep
Origin: France (Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Aveyron)
Roquefort Papillon is one of France's most iconic blue cheeses, celebrated for its bold character, creamy texture, and unmistakable depth of flavour. Made exclusively from sheep's milk and aged in the natural Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, this legendary cheese delivers intense blue veining, a sharp yet balanced salinity, and a long, complex finish.
Powerful but refined, Roquefort Papillon offers a rich, buttery mouthfeel with notes of wild herbs, earth, and spice—an essential choice for true blue cheese lovers.
Pairs well with:
Pears, figs, walnuts, honey, crusty bread, grilled meats, steak, endive, Sauternes, Port, sweet dessert wines, bold red wines.
Nutrition & Ingredients (per 30g)
Nutrition:
- Calories: 110
- Fat: 9 g (Saturated 6 g)
- Carbohydrates: 1 g (Sugars 0 g)
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
- Sodium: 550 mg
- Calcium: 15% DV
Ingredients: Sheep's milk, salt, lactic cultures, Penicillium roqueforti, animal rennet.