Causses-et-Veyran

Stop 238 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

Bleu des Causses

  • sheep milk
  • blue
Drink
Sauternes or a late-harvest whiteSweetness against salt is the whole principle of pairing a blue, and sheep's milk brings extra fat to cut.
Driving
Strong black tea, unmilkedTannin does the cutting that the wine's structure would.
Eat with
Walnut bread, honey or a ripe pearSweetness and nut against salt and mould — the same principle as the wine, on a plate.

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

Bleu des Causses on Wikipedia

The road

Arriving fromMontpellier90 km (56 mi) by road, about 1 h 20 min driving.
On toSaint-Affrique147 km (91 mi) by road, about 1 h 53 min driving. The road is 2.6× the straight line — an estuary, a pass or a lake is in the way.
Causses-et-VeyranMontpellierSaint-Affrique

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.