Manigodine Fermière – Maison Paccard

From the rare soft-paste family of Savoie, this Manigodine Fermière is a raw cow’s milk treasure, wrapped in spruce bark—a living band that infuses the cheese with resinous, woodsy notes. Maison Paccard’s affinage enhances this rustic gem: the bark tightens around the runny, ivory heart, while the bloomy rind breathes with sawdust and forest floor. Few Savoie cheeses are soft and farmstead—this is one of them.

Under Paccard’s care, the fermier soul shines: a spoonable, creamy texture beneath a wrinkled, wild crust. The spruce does not mask but marries with the milk’s buttery, lactic tang, adding piney, peppery depth. Rusticity here is intimate and fragrant—a cheese that lives inside its bark belt, aging slowly in humid cellars. No pasteurization, no shortcuts: just mountain milk and tree embrace.

Spread onto warm rye or eat with a spoon. The affinage by Maison Paccard turns this soft fermier rarity into a sensory walk through alpine woods. Each bite offers cream, sap, and earth—a rustic, bark-wrapped wonder of Savoie.