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Comté Grande Réserve 36–42 Months

Juraflore, Jura · The French Comte

£12 per 250g

Comparison basis: per kg · source checked 2026-08-27

Research previewSource status: Corrected from live source · Not yet independently tasted · Licensed category photo, not the exact retail pack

Source status: Corrected from live source
The live in-stock 36–42-month Comté is £12 per 250g. The earlier Fort des Rousses identity was not substantiated.
Open source checked 2026-08-27 →

Research snapshotFinal score pending

Provisional signals based on product positioning and price comparison. Taste is deliberately withheld until a real tasting.

Rarity7

Taste—

Presentation5

Value signal7

Price Multiplier

Comté Grande Réserve 36–42 Months£48

12-month Comté£14 per kg

Posh multiplier3.4×

Category photograph illustrating Comté Grande Réserve 36–42 Months; not the exact retail product — Category photo, not exact pack · Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0

Why is it so expensive?

Only the best young wheels are selected to age this long — the rest are sold sooner.
Three years of cave rent, turning, rubbing and weight loss are priced into every kilo.
The crunch is tyrosine crystals — a genuine marker of long ageing, not a gimmick.
Read the full story in the Journal: The Cheese That Takes 36 Months.

Would we buy it?

Once

Buy 250g, eat it undressed, at room temperature, with nothing to prove.

As a habit

Honestly? Yes. At £3.70 a generous portion it's the cheapest luxury on this site.

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