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Produced by Michael Spycher from the Fritzenhaus Mountain Dairy. Michael Spycher was awarded World Champion for the second time in 2020 – with a record participation of 3,667 cheeses in 132 categories.
Le Gruyère AOP is a unique cheese from the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and tastes of delicate mountain flowers and wonderful alpine herbs that are typical for the region.Using fresh raw milk from dairy cows left to graze naturally and at the foothill of Bluemlisalp, an impressive mountain massif in the Bernese Oberland, the Surchoix wheels ripen between 15 months and 20 months.
Deep inside the mountain landscape, nature offers the perfect climate conditions for the affiance of longer ripened cheeses such as Surchoix and supported by the knowledge of the affineurs, the cheeses develop their desired, natural and unique character.
Region: Cantons of Fribourg, Switzerland
Milk: Unpasteurised Cow
Size: Approx 250g wedge, cut to order
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