Chèvre vs Chevrotin

Facts

Milk: Goat
Texture: Fresh
Type: Fresh
Rind: No rind
Country: France

Chèvre means goat in French. On a cheese counter it means a fresh goat's-milk cheese: soft, white, and tangy, with no need for a rind.

Facts

Milk: Goat
Texture: Semi-soft
Type: Washed rind
Rind: Washed rind
Country: France
Place: Savoy

Chevrotin is a goat's milk cheese from Savoy, in France. Farms make it from raw whole milk, and the milk comes from the herd on that farm rather than from a mixed collection of dairies. The cheese is a small wheel with a washed rind that turns pink or rosy as it ripens. The paste is supple and creamy, which is less common in goat cheese than a dry, chalky crumble. Alpine grazing gives the milk a herbal smell that stays in the finished wheel.