Hercule du Charlevoix The Hercule is one of Canada’s unique cheeses in that it is the first alpine style cheese that is comparable to noble cheeses such as Gruyère and Comté. Made from the milk of a small herd of 30 Jersey cows, which graze 1 km away from the cheese making facility on the Stessi farm, l’Hercule is a smooth textured and rich flavoured cheese. Despite the lack of Alpine slopes and wildflower pastures, l’Hercule offers all the same nutty, sweet, and fruity aromas along with sweet, complex flavours and smooth creamy texture that one associates with great alpine cheeses. These lovely qualities only improve as the cheese ages to 18 months. The brine-washed rind offers the slight grit that is so typical of Quebec cheeses, further exemplifying it as a great Canadian cheese. Click on any thumbnail or [MORE] for a larger image and full description. Available cheeses change on a regular basis. Cheeses listed will not necessarily be available at any given time. Beemster Extra Old Beemster exhibits the traditional characteristics, [MORE] Bleu d’Élizabeth Bleu d’Élizabeth is an organic, cheese [MORE] Cantal Cantal, according to Steve Jenkins, (The Cheese Primer), [MORE] Cape Vessey This is a chewy, pungent, cheese [MORE] Le Chèvre Noir This internationally acclaimed goat milk cheddar [MORE] Ciel de Charlevoix Whole milk from a single herd is used [MORE] Comté Reserve France’s Jura Region, [MORE] Evanturel Only recently developed, [MORE] Fleur en Lait Fleur en lait, a newcomer [MORE] Gorgonzola Dolce Gorgonzola, a blue veined cheese [MORE] Grey Owl Fromagerie La Detour’s newest cheese [MORE] Gruyère de Grotte (cave aged) The medieval town of Gruyères [MORE] Hercule du Charlevoix The Hercule is one of Canada’s unique cheeses [MORE] Lankaaster According to cheese maker Margaret Morris, [MORE] Lighthall Tomme Named after Petra’s mother-in-law, Lighthall Tomme [MORE] Niagara Gold An Oka-style, semi-soft cheese, [MORE] Paillot de chèvre This is a soft, surface ripened cheese, [MORE] Provincial Smoke A smooth and creamy smoked cheddar. [MORE]
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