Saint-Nectaire
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Key facts
- Cheese.name
- Saint-Nectaire
- Cheese.image
- Saint-nectaire.jpg
- Cheese.country
- France
- Cheese.regiontown
- Auvergne, Saint Nectaire
- Cheese.source
- Cow
- Cheese.pasteurised
- Depends on variety
- Cheese.texture
- Semi-soft washed rind
- Cheese.aging
- 8 weeks
- Cheese.certification
- French AOC 1955
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- French cheese
- Named after
- Saint-Nectaire
- Country
- France
- Area
- 1400000
- Country of origin
- France
- Material used
- cow's milk
- Image
- Saint-Nectaire.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint-nectaire (cheese)
- product certification
- Protected designation of origin
- shape
- cylinder
- total produced
- 13815
- location of creation
- Puy-de-Dôme
- derivative work
- Murol
- inception
- 1700-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Description
- Terroir
- Appellation
- Manufacture
- Production
- Gastronomy
- Tourism
- Anecdotes
- See also
- References
- External links
Saint-Nectaire (; ) is a French cheese made in the Auvergne region of central France.
The cheese has been made in Auvergne since at least the 17th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Nectaire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.