{"data":{"slug":"comte","name":"Comt\u00e9","country":"France","milk":"cow","style":"hard","style_label":"Hard & aged","strength":3,"strength_label":"Medium","summary":"France\u2019s most-produced AOP cheese, and no two wheels taste alike.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/comte\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/comte","region":"Franche-Comt\u00e9 \/ Jura","aka":"Gruy\u00e8re de Comt\u00e9","texture":"Firm but supple, dense, occasionally cracked with crystals","rind":"Natural, brushed, golden-brown","age":{"min_months":4,"max_months":36,"label":"4 mo \u2013 3 yr"},"description":"Made in the Jura from the milk of Montb\u00e9liarde and French Simmental cows, in wheels of around 40 kg that are graded on a 20-point scale before they may be sold as Comt\u00e9. Wheels that fail get sold off nameless.\n\nAge and season change it completely: a summer wheel from pasture milk is floral and nutty; a winter wheel is browner, more roasted. Above eighteen months the tyrosine crystals arrive and it starts tasting of brown butter and toasted hazelnut.","flavour_notes":["brown butter","hazelnut","apricot","toasted bread"],"pairings":["Vin Jaune","Chardonnay","Walnuts","Cured ham"],"vegetarian":false,"pasteurised":false,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"ossau-iraty","name":"Ossau-Iraty","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/ossau-iraty"},{"slug":"allgauer-bergkase","name":"Allg\u00e4uer Bergk\u00e4se","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/allgauer-bergkase"},{"slug":"asiago-dallevo","name":"Asiago d\u2019Allevo","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/asiago-dallevo"},{"slug":"lancashire","name":"Beacon Fell Lancashire","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/lancashire"}]}}