Salers

Stop 243 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

Salers

  • cow milk
  • pressed
  • hard
Drink
A structured red — Bordeaux or BaroloAged hard cheese is the one style with enough protein and salt to soften a tannic red.
Driving
Strong black teaTannin against fat, exactly as the red does it.
Eat with
Oatcakes, apple and a sharp pickleDry biscuit, acid fruit and vinegar — the standard board for anything hard and fatty.

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

Salers on Wikipedia

The road

Arriving fromAurillac44 km (27 mi) by road, about 46 min driving.
On toThiézac49 km (30 mi) by road, about 46 min driving. The road is 2.6× the straight line — an estuary, a pass or a lake is in the way.
SalersAurillacThiézac

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.