French Cheese
Buy French cheese online from a collection chosen for contrasting textures, milk types and flavours. The current range moves from creamy Brie and Délice de Bourgogne to nutty 24 Month Comté, washed-rind Langres and characterful blues such as Bleu d’Auvergne and Fourme d’Ambert. You can also discover goat’s and ewe’s milk cheeses including Selle-sur-Cher and Ossau Iraty. Open each product to compare milk, rennet, serving and availability information. New to the subject? Start with a familiar Brie or Comté, then read our guide to exploring French cheese.
24 Month Comté Cheese
Aged 18 months with a seriously nutty and earthy flavour, stemming from the rich mountain pastures of the Franche-Comte region. This hard mountain cheese is matured to perfection in the silence and darkness of special caves, which is where the cheese gets its unique taste, texture and colour. It is dense, open and smooth - basically everything you want in a hard cheese, coming with beautiful fruity, nutty, salty, savoury, smokey and sweet flavours. The aftertaste is slightly more bitter, insanely moreish and really well rounded.
£8.40
Bleu d’Auvergne Blue Cheese
A French blue that packs a punch. Enjoy an abundance of flavours, ranging from buttery and creamy, to an intense and tangy taste. This cheese is aged for over 4 months to enhance and showcase its interesting flavours and a texture that’s wonderfully creamy and smooth on the tongue. Named after its birthplace in Auvergne, this blue has become a favourite for many cheese lovers due to its complex aroma. Strip back the moist rind to reveal a delicious salty and pungent taste that we can’t get enough of! If you love blue cheese, you’re going to LOVE this.
£6.60
Brie (Pasteurised)
**We are currently stocking Pasteurised Brie due to an outbreak of lumpy Skin Disease in France which has seen the UK ban the import of raw, cows milk cheeses. We foresee this ban remaining in place until early 2026. Oh, Brie, what did we do to deserve you? We love all soft cheeses here at Love Cheese, but you cannot beat a good, classic Brie! And that’s exactly what you’ll be getting with Brie. All the way from France, this is a soft, delicate, creamy brie with a stunningly bloomy rind and gorgeous buttery flavours that melt in the mouth. We love it. This is the perfect soft cheese for your cheese board, a great after dinner nibbler or decadent cheese snack!
£6.60
Brie de Meaux Cheese
Oh, Brie, what did we do to deserve you? We love all soft cheeses here at Love Cheese, but you cannot beat a good, classic Brie! And that’s exactly what you’ll be getting with Brie De Meaux. All the way from France, this is a soft, delicate, creamy brie with a stunningly bloomy rind and gorgeous buttery flavours that melt in the mouth. We love it. This is the perfect soft cheese for your cheese board, a great after dinner nibbler or decadent cheese snack!
£6.60
Delice de Bourgogne Cheese
Delice de Bourgogne is the buttery delight originating from the Burgundy region of France. Whilst the Delice de Bourgogne may look sweet and innocent, this cheese’s triple creme nature is so luxurious and silky that many customers find its allure too much to handle! It has a certain depth of flavour that makes it more musky and aromatic than other triple crème bries. But believe us when we tell you, it’s unreal.
£6.20
Fourme D’Ambert Cheese
Fourme d’Ambert cheese is a creamy, dense French blue with a mild, balanced flavour and gentle tang. This creamy, dense and subtle cheese is full of delightful savoury, sharp, smooth and tangy flavours. It is known as “the connoisseurs blue” for it’s unique mildness and balanced flavour. This cheese remains to this day the benchmark for a mild blue cheese. It comes with beautiful earthy undertones that couple with the sweeter creamy flavours that linger on the palate.
£5.90
Langres Soft Cheese
Langres cheese is a rich, soft French washed-rind cheese with a smooth texture, fruity flavour and a stronger aroma than taste. Unparalleled in richness, smooth and supple texture. This is another smelly French cheese to delve into and tickle the taste buds! This cheese is milder than the renowned Epoisses but it is still salty and strong on the nose. Each bite leaves a melt-in-the-mouth feeling offering complex fruity flavours for you to indulge in. Cute story alert!! Most cheese is usually flipped to have two flat sides, but langres is left on one side creating a natural dip in the top. This is because the french have langres as a celebratory cheese - so when they go to have it, they would cut a cross in the dip the night before and would pour prosecco into the cheese - the next day they would cut it open and enjoy this liquid gold concoction.
£9.50
Ossau Iraty Cheese
A cheese with a whole lot of history. Ossau-Iraty is thought to be one of the oldest cheeses in the world. The story goes that the Greek God Apollo had a son who was a shepherd and made this cheese from his sheep's milks. Ossau-Iraty is still followed by a traditional recipe that can be traced back 3000 years, this means that this cheese predates the English Alphabet! You’ll be getting a creamy, earthy and beautifully smooth cheese.
£9.00
Selle-sur-Cher Cheese
THIS WILL BE BACK IN STOCK ON THE WEEK COMMENCING THE 25TH OCTOBER - THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. A soft cheese with a natural rind, Selle Sur Cher is fine and silky. It stands out for its peculiar shape, thanks to filling pyramid-shape moulds with a ladle during manufacture. You’ll also recognise its grey-blue moulds that form on its round disc coating as it matures, thanks to a dusting of charcoal ash. It’s a whole goat’s milk cheese, so it’s strong in flavour with a salty rind.
£9.00
About French Cheese
How to choose French cheese
Think first about texture and strength. Brie and Délice de Bourgogne offer a creamy starting point, while Comté provides a firmer texture and a deeper, nutty style. Langres brings the character of a washed rind, and Bleu d’Auvergne or Fourme d’Ambert suits someone looking for blue-cheese flavour. Selle-sur-Cher and Ossau Iraty offer alternatives to cow’s milk cheese.
Building a French cheese board
A balanced board does not need every style. Choose three or four cheeses with clear differences: one soft cheese, one hard cheese, a blue and, if you like, a goat’s or ewe’s milk option. Add simple crackers and chutney without overwhelming the cheeses. Product pages provide more detailed flavour and serving notes for the individual cheeses currently in stock.
French cheese FAQs
What French cheeses can I buy online?
The live range can include Brie, Comté, Délice de Bourgogne, Bleu d’Auvergne, Fourme d’Ambert, Langres, Ossau Iraty and Selle-sur-Cher. Availability can change, so use the product grid above as the current source.
Which French cheese is suitable for a first-time buyer?
Brie is a familiar soft option and Comté is a useful choice if you prefer a firmer cheese. For something more distinctive, compare a washed-rind Langres or one of the blue cheeses in the range.
Are all French cheeses pasteurised or vegetarian?
No. Milk treatment and rennet vary by cheese and producer. Check the dietary and ingredient information on the individual product page rather than assuming that every French cheese is the same.
How should I store French cheese?
Keep it chilled and follow the packaging, use-by date and product-specific instructions supplied with your order. Different soft, hard, blue and washed-rind cheeses have different storage lives, so avoid applying one timeframe to the entire category.