Saint-Nectaire
- cow milk
- pressed
- semi-soft
- Drink
- A medium red — Cotes du Rhone or MerlotFirm, mild wheels are the most forgiving cheeses on the board; a medium red flatters them.
- Driving
- Cold brew coffeeBody without sharpness.
- Eat with
- Crusty bread, ham and a grain mustardFirm mild wheels are the sandwich cheeses; mustard supplies the sharpness.
Derived from the milk and the style of the cheese, not from local custom. A local will have opinions.