The defenders of this cheese maintain highly, it is the oldest norman cheese. Their references are issued from a text of the year 1035, which speaks about of the productions of this cheese in Neufchatel en Bray. The Neufchâtel chesse is made like a hart shape cheese: Why? ...
The origine shape is from the century war between english and french.The ladies who were in love with english soldiers were in a great danger.So, to avoid this matter they have imagined to manufacture this cheese in a hart shape design; to send it to their love.