15/06/2026
We recently visited Savoie, which is a bit of a paradise for cheese lovers.
Home to a whopping 8 cheese PDOs (including famous faces like Beaufort & Tomme de Savoie), as well as lots of delicious local cheeses, there is always something new to try.
We were determined to taste as many as possible - ticking off lots of Tommes, Chevrotin, Beaufort, Abondance, Blue de Yenne & more. But one cheese we were not expecting to see was the exceptionally rare, Bleu de Termignon.
Bleu de Termignon is now made by just four producers in the Vanoise National Park. Production doesn't start until snow has melted in the valley, so the cheese can only be made from June to October. With an average ageing process of around 4 months, that means it's generally on sale between November & March.
It's a natural blue cheese, meaning the mould develops naturally rather than being added during cheesemaking It's incredibly unique, but with so few producers working in such challenging conditions, Bleu de Termignon is dying out.
Currently, it's one of the cheeses subject to the UK import ban, so it's absent from cheese counters here at home.
When we saw Bleu de Termignon on a counter in a tiny fromagerie in a really small town, we had to buy some. It was, let's say, a little more mature than we would have liked, but still tasting fantastic.
Our advice - if you find yourself in France during the Termignon season and see some, buy it while you can.
