An artisanal cheese, Foin d’Odeur has a pinkish bloomy rind. Its creamy, melty interior boasts cream and mushroom aromas. Its taste goes from mild to strong depending on maturing time, with lactic flavours of cream and fruit. Slightly tangy and well-balanced, it becomes more robust with age.

The cheese is named for the sweetgrass that grows abundantly on La Moutonnière lands. Considered sacred, sweetgrass represents Mother Earth’s hair for the Amerindians, which is why it is often found braided. Sweetgrass is also burned like incense.

Cheesemaker

Fromagerie La Moutonnière is a pioneer in Québec when it comes to cheese made with ewe milk. At the beginning of the 90’s, Lucille Giroux, owner of Bergerie de la Moutonnière since 1977, decided to go into the cheesemaking business. Mrs. Giroux imported 33 dairy ewes from Sweden and, in 1995, introduced her feta, Québec’s first ewe milk cheese.