Verified in Nantes.
Curé nantais is a signature dish of France; we have verified places to eat it in Nantes. A soft raw-milk washed-rind cow's cheese, created in the vineyard villages upriver in 1880 and made at Pornic today, pungent on the nose and mild in the mouth. Start with where to eat Curé nantais in Nantes.
A soft raw-milk washed-rind cow's cheese, created in the vineyard villages upriver in 1880 and made at Pornic today, pungent on the nose and mild in the mouth.
The story the region tells is that a farmer at Saint-Julien-de-Concelles in the Nantes vineyard, Pierre Hivert, made the first of these cheeses around 1880 to a recipe a passing priest gave him, and that it was renamed for the ecclesiastic some years later. It is a raw cow's-milk cheese with a supple, springy paste and an orange washed rind that smells considerably stronger than the cheese tastes. Production left the vineyard for Pornic in the Pays de Retz in 1980 and the raw-milk method went with it. Made in small squares and rounds, it sits on cheese boards across the city and turns up melted into potato and charcuterie dishes in winter.
Where to eat Curé nantais in Nantes: the editor picks
Guided tour · 2 hours
Discover Muscadet on a unique sensory journey in Nantes, followed by a tasting of five wines (or fruit juices) in a friendly venue dedicated to the local terroir.
Viator · 2 h
Discover the world of wine tasting by the glass with the winemaker in a historic winery. You can visit the vineyards, cellars and discover the world of oenology with ...
Day trip · 4 hours
In a van, a guided discovery of the exceptional terroirs of the Nantes vineyards, with a focus on organic and biodynamic wines, produced with respect for nature and tr...
