From a creamy blue to crumbly crowd-pleasers, these stinkers are sure to liven up your next cheese platter

SALERS

A real treat for consummate turophiles, this fromage is pretty hard to come by beyond Auvergne’s volcanic ridge. Worth cutting into those air miles.

Salers cheese
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BLEU D’AUVERGNE

This creamy number is quite the stinker. But don’t let the wet-sock pong put you off. The centrepiece of any cheese platter, the ubiquitous blue is to the French what Stilton is to Brits.

blue d'auvergne
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CANTAL

One of France’s oldest cheeses (it was first mentioned by Pliny the Elder in the 1st century) Cantal is named after the region’s iconic massif. Think mature cheddar with a nutty tang. Miam!

cantal
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First printed in our sister publication France Today

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