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Beurre Charentes-Poitou

This exceptional butter is made exclusively from milk cream from the departments Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux Sèvres, Vienne and Vendée. The cream’s unique organic maturing phase that lasts over 16 hours brings out the distinctive personality of the Charentes-Poitou PDO butter. This traditional craft gives the butter a fine and creamy texture and a special flavour with subtle notes of hazelnut. The taste is why this butter is served in the finest establishments and is enjoyed by everyone who appreciates good food and endorsed by all connoisseurs. Restaurant owners, bakers, pastry makers and gourmet lovers in the know all hail its sensory qualities and unique texture.
  • lait-vache
    Butter
    Cow’s milk
  • AOP
    YEAR OF LABELLING
    1979
  • fromages
    Butters and creams
Key figures
  • 1 844 Milk producers
  • 5 Production plants
  • 27 124 Tons marketed in 2020

Our tasting tips

La découpe du Beurre Charentes-Poitou

Cutting

The idea is to avoid cutting it into slices and instead show the whole block by cutting along the side.

Pains à déguster avec le Beurre Charentes-Poitou

Breads

Traditional bread preferred

Accords gourmands

Food pairings

Slight taste of hazelnut

Organoleptic characteristics

Appearance

Off-yellow

Texture

Texture

A relatively firm and consistent butter all year round, which explains why it enjoys a glowing reputation among craft bakers, pastry makers, chefs and gourmet lovers, especially for use in laminated dough.

Gout

Taste

Aroma and flavour: clear, a little salty, no bitterness or tang. Distinctive aroma evoking hazelnut.