This cheese bears the name of a market town in the Aube and will delight lovers of creamy soft cheeses. It is made from full-fat cow's milk and aged for fourteen days. It develops a smooth bark with white noble mold. The Chaource exudes a scent of cream and fresh mushrooms.
Chaource has been marked with the European seal AOP (Protected Designation of Origin) since 1970.
The red European AOP seal (appellation d'origine protégée = "protected designation of origin") guarantees the consumer that all production stages take place exclusively in the defined geographical area of the designation, from the production of the milk to the maturing of the cheese.
In France, 45 types of cheese, 3 types of butter and 2 types of cream are labeled with the European seal "AOP".