French Feta is a sheep's milk cheese from France, milder and creamier than the Greek originals most people grow up on. The paste is soft and crumbly with a fresh lactic tang and a clean brininess that sits gently on the palate rather than punching. It's brined and aged in the same caves as Roquefort, which is the detail that sets this one apart. You pick up a faint blue cheese note on the finish, a quiet mushroomy whisper rather than a full funky pull, woven into the salt and cream. The texture breaks into soft, moist crumbles that can almost spread when warmed up, with more give than a Greek feta and a richer mouthfeel from the sheep's milk fat. This is the feta for people who find the Greek versions too sharp or too dry. It rewards a slower bite, and that little cave-aged shadow is what keeps it interesting all the way through.
