Tomme Affine au Marc de Raisin

By: Anthony Gismondi

Cheese Dreams

This fermier cheese is a real attention getter when we put it out at the shop.

It has a big aroma that can't be missed if you happen to get near it. It is an unpasteurized cow's milk cheese from the Savoie that has been soaked in Marc for one month in an airtight container, and then aged under a thick blanket of grape must. The heat caused by the fermentation heats the inside of the container, making the pate tighten and become viscous. The taste of the marc permeates through to the heart of the cheese. The inside is beige to straw colored, with a texture not unlike tomme de Savoie.

Cheese Name	Tomme affine au Marc de Raisin
Type	Firm cows milk - unpasteurized
Strength	Full
Origin	Savoie, France
Price	$5.50 per 100 grams
Weight	2 kg
Suitable Wine Types	Big Red Wines

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 37 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. He is also the host of the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, which is broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available globally as a podcast on all the major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, which now attracts more than one million monthly users from 114 countries. It remains a valuable resource, offering tasting notes, insightful wine stories, and videos for the trade and consumers. His extensive collection of videos featuring wine personalities is available on the Gismondi on Wine YouTube Channel.