Happy Free cheese sample Thursday! Today Elizabeth offers a confection that she has never before offered, semi-soft, bloomy rind, ewe milk Fleur de Brebis from Fromagerie le Détour in Quebec, CA.

Here is what Elizabeth has to say. “Have you been wondering what a sheep’ milk bloomy tastes like? Certainly not sheepish! This bold morsel pairs beautifully with robust wines and piquant salamis.”

The cheese maker adds: A rare semi-soft bloomy rind from ewe milk cheese in America. The rind will develop a good mushrooms aroma. The paste, white like the snow, softer than usual soft cheese, unctuous and delicate on your tong, tastes the soft butter with a hint of French candies like berlingot.

This beautiful cheese will develop a good refreshing sensation in your mouth. A delicate delight for the connoisseur who demand the lightness, unique to soft sheep cheeses.

It will be an excellent companion to white sparkling from California or Pinot Noir from Oregon.