Brin d'Amour is French for "bit of love". Brin also means
"sprig" and refers to the gray, ashy dried herbs that cover
this elegant gourmet cheese. Made from raw sheep's milk, the
cheese is sweet and gentle with an herbaceousness, lent from
the coating of rosemary, thyme, savory, coriander, and
juniper berries.The young cheese offers a
snow-white paste which is creamy, soft, and moist. As the
cheese matures, the paste takes on a darker color and starts
to run. Eventually the paste will harden again. The pure
taste of the young gourmet cheese is quite mild and gentle
but the herbs on the outside really do flavor the inside. In
older cheeses the flavor is much more nutty with a lightly
musty tang. Cheeses over two months old have the most
concentrated flavor of all.
