Murray’s Selles-Sur-Cher 6 oz Wheel

Unaged goat’s milk cheese arrives from France’s Loire Valley to Murray’s aging caves, where it’s coated in vegetable ash and salt which develops the perfect rind. Thin and cohesive, the rind cloaks a tiny, oozing creamline atop a fluffy paste with the texture of damp clay. The mineral flavor of the rind gives way to a briny, tangy center with notes of freshly-mowed grass. Balance its earthy notes with some Rustic Bakery Meyer Lemon Shortbread cookies and a slice of Red Bee Honeycomb.

• Produced in the Loire Valley in France, Selles-sur-Cher is made with pasteurized goat’s milk.
• The milk is hand-ladled into molds, and young rounds arrive from France to age in Murray’s Caves.
• When still fresh, wheels were traditionally dusted with burned grape vine ash to help develop the molded rind.
• Today, some wheels arrive ashed, but our caves team prefers to ash the unripened wheels with vegetable ash themselves to better control the process and create a more consistent cheese.
• Though tasteless, the ash balances the acidity levels on the cheese, encouraging the mold to grow and the rind to form.
• Selles-sur-Cher was first made in the 19th century, when the unaged wheels were coated in burned grape vine clippings from Loire Valley vineyards.
• The temperate climate of the Loire Valley, often called “the garden of France,” provides excellent conditions for cheesemaking.
• Selles-sur-Cher was awarded AOC (“Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée” or “controlled designation of origin”) status in 1975 and to be named as such, it must be made in either Cher, Indre, or Loire-et-Cher in France.
• Designated “Murray’s Cave Aged”
• Pasteurized
• Animal Rennet
• Age: 2 Weeks
• Goat Milk
• by Murray’s Cheese
• France

Brand

Murray's Cheese

Murray's Cheese was born in Greenwich Village in 1962, and the heart of our business still resides in New York City with many ways to experience Murray’s locally. At the counter, our cheese experts and mongers serve thousands of neighborhood regulars, commuters, and tourists every year at our two locations—the Bleecker Street flagship retail experience, which also includes our mac & cheese counter, and our shop in Grand Central Market.

Vendor Information

• Store Name: Murray's Cheese
• Vendor: Murray's Cheese
• Address: 254 Bleecker St
  New York, NY 10014
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