Abondance

Stop 155 of 265 · France

One cheese on the loop, with something to drink beside it, something for the driver, and the road either side.

The cheese

Abondance

  • cow milk
  • alpine
Drink
Jura Chardonnay or a dry alpine whiteNutty oxidative whites echo what long ageing already put in the wheel.
Driving
Roasted barley teaToasted and nutty, matching rather than contrasting.
Eat with
Rye bread, cornichons and air-dried hamWhat keeps through an alpine winter is what is eaten with an alpine wheel.

Derived from the milk and the style of the cheese, not from local custom. A local will have opinions.

Abondance on Wikipedia

The road

Arriving fromLausanne83 km (52 mi) by road, about 1 h 17 min driving. The road is 2.9× the straight line — an estuary, a pass or a lake is in the way.
On toL’Etivaz66 km (41 mi) by road, about 1 h 13 min driving.
AbondanceLausanneL’Etivaz

Every cheese on the loop has a drink for the driver as well as one for the passengers. On a driving tour, somebody is always driving.