L’Etivaz AOP **Grande Altitude

Summer 2025 released 25.05.2026

Milk: Raw Cow (Summer Alpine) 

Region: Vaud

Rennet: Animal

Age: 11 Months

Grass Fed Milk: Yes, currently summer 2025 alpine milk.

The new season cheese we selected in October 2025 are available - these are cheeses made during last summer. 2025 was a variable season which produced floral, with a hint of smoke/peat, flavours.

Classification: Natural Alpine Cheese - **Grande Altitude

L'Etivaz is a cheese made during the summer months only. The farmer takes his cows up onto the high Alpine pastures to graze, and relocates to a small wooden chalet equipped for cheesemaking, and very simple living. Although L'Etivaz AOP is made to a recipe similar to Swiss Gruyère, it is distinctly different in flavour. These differences come from the mountain grasses that the cows eat which influence the flavour of the milk, the smoke in the air of the chalet from the fire which the cheese is made over, and the individual passed-down skill of the cheesemaker. L'Etivaz AOP has a clean, aromatic, fruity flavour, with a slight smokiness, that varies according to the different alpine pastures that the cows graze on.

We select cheese from just one cheesemaker, and have been doing so since 2006.