Soumaintrain (cheese)

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Soumaintrain is a French soft cheese made exclusively from whole cow's milk with a 21-day ripening period. It is named after the commune of Soumaintrain.^[1]

A minimum of 75% of the dry food the cows consume must be from the geographic area.

It was proposed to be a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) cheese in 2014 and was finalized in 2016.

Soumaintrain originates from north of Bourgogne where it borders the department of Aube. It is full of grasslands with wet valleys, which is conducive to dairy farming but discourages other agricultural pursuits. The soil is predominantly loose and impermeable clay and is difficult to cultivate with machines. The area has a topography that is largely flat with little undulation, with a dense hydrological network set among soft, impermeable rocks, which combines to create a susceptibility to flooding between autumn and spring. Temperatures are somewhat cool with an annual average that barely exceeds 10 °C. Rainfall is regularly between 700 and 800 mm.