Epoisses de Bourgogne is a soft cow’s milk cheese produced by Jacques Hennart in the village Époisses, France. Commonly called as Epoisses, the cheese has creamy, chewy and firm texture. With a distinctive soft red-orange colour, it is categoried as a smear-ripened cheese washed in marc de Bourgogne. It takes at least 6 weeks to mature fully. EPOISSES (PDO) A soft cheese made with whole cow’s milk, washed with Marc de Bourgogne (local Marc brandy) Orangey-light brown, with a slightly wrinkled ri. . Did you know? Époisses was granted CDO in then PDO in It is named after the village of Epoisses, located in the East of France. The Epoisses of Germain regularly receives national and global recognition (CGA, WCA.). Disclaimer: We've provided special diet and nutritional information for educational purposes only. Since product formulations change (and products may contain additional or different ingredients, nutrition or usage information than is presented on this website), you should always check product packaging for the most recent ingredient and special diet information. Epoisses de Bourgogne is a soft cow’s milk cheese produced by Jacques Hennart in the village Époisses, France. Commonly called as Epoisses, the cheese has creamy, chewy and firm texture. Elevation: – m (–1, ft) (avg. m or ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 ( sq mi or acres) and river estuaries. Did you know? Époisses was granted CDO in then PDO in It is named after the village of Epoisses, located in the East of France. The Epoisses of Germain regularly receives national and global recognition (CGA, WCA.). You may not know it, but Epoisses is actually a French word meaning "completely worth the effort'' or "stinky but incredibly loveable" because the end result, a custardy bacon bomb, is oh-so-worth-it.