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Goat cheese logs on a plate with berries
Goat cheese logs on a plate with berries
Family
Goat
Protection
AOP / PDO
Aging
Minimum 10 days under the AOP; flavor changes fast after that
Range
France
Milk
Goat’s milk
Rind
Ash-dusted, often wrinkled

Overview

Sainte-Maure de Touraine is a goat log from the Loire, protected as an AOP since 1990. INAO: raw whole goat’s milk, truncated cone, ash coat, a cereal straw through the axis, at least ten days of aging. The straw carries the producer’s name and approval number. A log that only says “Sainte-Maure” is often another cheese.

A fast calendar

The set is mainly lactic, with little rennet. Goat logs change by the day. Young, they read as lemon and chalk. A little age brings nut and a clearer goat note. Ash is not dirt; it dries the rind so yeast-like Geotrichum can wrinkle it. Pull the straw on a genuine log and you are supposed to find the dairy — a paper trail you can eat around.

Sources

Legal ages, breeds, and cave rules are checked against official specifications or government pages. Sensory lines are editorial description, not lab results.

  1. INAO — Sainte-Maure de Touraine · INAO
    Raw whole goat’s milk; Minimum 10 days aging; Cereal straw through the log with producer ID
  2. Cahier des charges AOP Sainte-Maure de Touraine · INAO
    Mainly lactic coagulation with little rennet; Ash-salted truncated log