France · Washed rind cheese; AOC dairy; Alsatian gastronomy
Fabrication du Munster
Washed-rind soft cheese made from raw Vosges cow's milk, with a distinctive orange rind produced by repeated washing with brine (and sometimes local beer or eau-de-vie) during a 5-week minimum affinage. Munster is the most pungent French AOC cheese — its rind bacteria (Brevibacterium linens) produce the characteristic orange color and strong aroma that distinguish it from all other French soft cheeses.
Risk level: Vulnerable · AOC Munster-Géromé (1969) — no UNESCO ICH listing
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