Mont d'Or
Made in cloth lined moulds and encircled by spruce bark which imparts a resinous flavour. Soft and full flavoured.
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Product Details
Deliciously Oozy Mont d'Or Cheese
When Mont d’Or is young, it is wonderfully silky, with milky and delicate notes. The texture of the cheese is firmer and can be baked in the oven to create the famously spoonable consistency. As the cheese starts to mature, the texture becomes runnier (like an instant fondue!) and the flavours become more pronounced and pungent. The exciting thing about this seasonal cheese is it takes you on a journey. Seasonality and batch variations are what we love so much about artisan cheese, and we hope we can encourage you to try different cheeses at different age profiles so you can taste it for yourself.
Approximately 7 litres of milk are needed to make one kilogram of Mont d'Or. The curds are made using traditional rennet and then pressed into cylindrical moulds. Once removed from these moulds, the cheese is encircled with a band of spruce which is slightly smaller than the circumference of the cheese to give the rind a bumpy, crinkled appearance reminiscent of its mountainous region of production. Mont d'Or originated in the winter months when cows returned from the high pastures and their milk yields reduced causing farmers the need to make a smaller cheese. Mont d'Or is governed by a strict PDO and can only be made between the 15th August and the 15th March at an altitude of 700 metres.
If you're looking for a wine pairing, try a Merlot Cabernet red wine. Ripe Mont d'Or can bully wine but Chardonnay wines like those from the Jura where Mont d'Or is made cut through the richness. Light, fruity reds like Pinot noir can also be brilliant.
The cheese is characterised by fluffy white moulds, turning grey or blue with age. The cheese can pull away from the spruce bark as it ages and can be brown and even black where it has been in contact with the wood.
This is a specialist cheese which is made to exacting specifications regarding geography, milk source and recipe, earning it a coveted Protected Designation of Origin (PDO).
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How To
Cheese delivery
FREE UK* Delivery when you spend over £40
Fresh, Overnight UK Cheese Delivery
Overnight Cheese Delivery: Our UK delivery charge is £6.95 for UK* orders under £40. Delivery for orders over £40 is free.
*Please note Free UK Delivery is only valid for deliveries to the UK mainland and also excludes deliveries to the Scottish Highlands. We do not currently deliver to Northern Ireland and we do not deliver to international locations outside of the UK.
Named day deliveries on all orders: You can select a delivery date on Tuesday - Saturday when you go to checkout. (Please note. a surcharge of £10 applies to Saturday deliveries) .
Chilled overnight cheese delivery: All of our cheese parcels are cooled with re-usable ice packs and insulated with recyclable packaging. We always use an overnight delivery service for UK mainland orders to ensure that your cheese arrives with you in fine condition.
Hand cut & hand wrapped: Our cheese for online orders is hand cut to order and hand wrapped in Paxton & Whitfield wax paper by our expert cheesemongers. Your cheese will have approximately 12 days shelf life on them from the date of despatch.
Delivery tracking & notifications: Please provide your mobile phone number or email address and you will receive tracking details and anticipated delivery times. On the day that your order is despatched, you will recieve a notification that your delivery is on its way and an anticipated 1 hour delivery time slot.
Carbon-neutral delivery: Our delivery partners at DPD commit to make every parcel they deliver carbon neutral. They measure their CO2 emissions, strive to reduce them, and offset the remaining emissions.
No signature required: You may use the "Delivery Instructions" in the ordering process to provide succinct instructions such as "leave in the garage if out" (choose a cool place) if the recipient is out. The driver is instructed to leave your parcel somewhere safe if you are out to ensure that the cheese is not delayed or held for too long in a warehouse. We regret we cannot accept responsibility for the condition of the goods or non-receipt if goods are not signed for.
UK Highlands & Islands Delivery
There are some places we simply can't get to in under a day and cost more for delivery. If you live in the UK Highlands or Islands, or in a particularly remote location then an additional delivery charge and longer delivery time may apply. You will be notified of any additional charge when you go to checkout.
Click & Collect
If you would prefer to avoid the queues, rather not wait for delivery or avoid delivery cost then try our FREE order online Click & Collect service.
Simply order on line one day and collect your purchases the next day from your chosen shop. This service is available at all four Paxton & Whitfield shops in Jermyn Street, London; Cale Street, London and Bath.
This service is only available for the items that are listed on our web-site. If you want to place an order for products that are not included on the web-site please call the shop and place a telephone order for the entirety of your order directly with them on the phone. See Visit Our Shops for contact details and maps of each shop. Please note that we are unable to process orders that include items for collection from one of the shops as well as items for delivery. If you want to split your purchase please place two separate orders – one for collection and one for delivery.
Place and pay for your order online
Orders placed before 5pm are available for collection at your chosen shop after 11am the next day that the shop is open. (Pick ups not available Sundays and Bank Holidays).
Orders placed after 5pm are available for collection at your chosen shop after 2pm the next day that the shop is open. (Pick ups not available Sundays and Bank Holidays).
If you do not want to pick up your goods the following day, please specify in the comments box of the Order Form the day and approximate time (ie morning before 1pm/afternoon after 12 noon) that you want to collect the goods. Please note that 2 full working days are required for any orders which include a Ham.
Pickup In Store
Maps and opening times of our shops are available at Visit Our Shops. Details of the shop that you have chosen to collect from will be shown on your receipt.
Please give a contact number so that we can call you if there are any issues with your order.
On arrival at the Shop please make your way to the counter where a sales assistant will be able to collect your purchases. At particularly busy times, for example, just before Christmas please make your way to the Collection Point which will be clearly identifiable.
To ensure we are handing over your purchase to the correct person, please bring with you a copy of your order receipt email or, at a minimum, your order number. Goods will not be released without this information.
Your order will be available for collection for 24 hours. If you are unable to collect it within that time, please contact the shop from where you were meant to be collecting your goods (see Visit Our Shops) to rearrange collection.
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