Fruitière de Passavant-Chazot

The emblem of the Jura mountains, Comté cheese is one of the treasures of our region. It is made in the fruitières. By the way, do you know where the term "fruitière" comes from?

A fruitière symbolises the fruit of the labour of farmers who pool their milk production, the work of the cheesemaker who transforms the milk into cheese, and that of the maturer in his cellars who patiently works each wheel to bring out its full flavour.
It takes around 450 litres of milk to produce a wheel of cheese weighing around 40 kilos.

Benoît Cantin will be delighted to show you around his cheese dairy, where comtés (around 37 a day!), butter and cream are made. You'll find these products for sale in the shop.

Tours of the cheese dairy are available on Wednesdays and Fridays at 9am in July and August. Please register with the Tourist Office on 03 81 84 27 98.
Off-season tours are available in June and September on Wednesdays at 9am.