Villard-de-Lans

Stop 231 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

Vercorais

  • 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.

Vercorais on Wikidata

The road

Arriving fromSaint-Marcellin40 km (25 mi) by road, about 47 min driving. The road is 2.0× the straight line — an estuary, a pass or a lake is in the way.
On toLavaldens76 km (47 mi) by road, about 1 h 28 min driving. The road is 2.7× the straight line — an estuary, a pass or a lake is in the way.
Villard-de-LansSaint-MarcellinLavaldens

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.