{"id":95424,"date":"2025-08-18T18:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/?p=95424"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:54:44","slug":"in-villaroger-this-former-ski-champion-has-become-the-guardian-of-the-persille-de-tignes-we-paid-her-a-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/a-villaroger-cette-ancienne-championne-de-ski-est-devenue-gardienne-du-persille-de-tignes-on-lui-a-rendu-visite\/","title":{"rendered":"In Villaroger, this former ski champion has become the guardian of the Persill\u00e9 de Tignes: we paid her a visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>At the foot of the Villaroger forests, on the slopes facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tignes.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tignes<\/a> and Saint-Foy, An\u00e9mone Marmottan swapped her professional ski bib for a farmer's smock a few years ago. Here's a report. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the family farm, founded by her grandparents and rebuilt by her mother in the 1990s, she and her brother carry on an ancestral tradition: making Persill\u00e9 de Tignes, a unique cheese made from a blend of cow's and goat's milk that bears witness to a part of Alpine history that has now disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>READ OUR DOSSIER -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/mountain\/our-stations\/\">\"Tignes, the sports resort par excellence\".<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\"When you're born on a farm, you quickly get your foot in the door\".<\/em> smiles An\u00e9mone. As a child, she already helped out with the animals and the cheese dairy, before leaving to pursue her career as a top-level sportswoman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But going back to our roots was an obvious choice. <em>\"I wanted to give my children this link with nature, with a simple, real everyday life, even if it's not always easy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Charlemagne loved the marbled cheese from Tignes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The estate, perched at an altitude of 1,600 metres, is divided between pastures for the cows, which graze on the more accessible terrain, and steep slopes where only the goats can squeeze through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twice a day, in summer and winter, milking punctuates the day. In winter, the animals stay sheltered within the farm walls; in summer, they head off to the mountain pastures, covering up to 150 hectares under the watchful eye of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Persillade-de-Tignes.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo \u00a9 Romain Boisaubert\/Le Petit Montagnard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Persill\u00e9 de Tignes, which An\u00e9mone and her family are the only ones to make today, has its roots in \"old Tignes\", which sank in the 1950s.<a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/are-you-familiar-with-the-history-of-the-tignes-dam\/\"> during the construction of the Chevril dam<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\"At the time, the locals sold their produce directly to Tignes.<\/em>she says. <em>The milk was mixed naturally: the cows in the meadows, the goats and sheep on the steep slopes, and in the evening it was all put together in the same cauldron\".<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/they-bring-the-tignes-market-to-life-berenice-granger-and-her-savoyard-treasures\/\">They bring the Tignes market to life: B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Granger and her Savoyard treasures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It's a tradition that's in danger of disappearing, but one that she's determined to keep alive. According to local legend, Charlemagne himself tasted the cheese and asked for it to be brought to his court in Aachen. Archives even mention tonnages being exported abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">in memory of the sunken village <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the farm works with ripeners as well as with Maison Bouvier, <a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/as-soon-as-you-can-barbecue-at-an-altitude-of-over-3000-metres-enjoy-grilled-meats-with-a-panoramic-view-of-the-tignes-glacier\/\">the benchmark for Alpine gastronomy<\/a>which promotes this local treasure in its restaurants and delicatessen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\"They regularly come to the farm with their teams to see where the product comes from. It's important that people understand all the work that goes into each wheel.<\/em> insists An\u00e9mone.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Design-sans-titre.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo \u00a9 Fabrice Rumillat)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The former skier, who grew up following in the footsteps of her mother and brother, is pursuing this farming adventure with the same determination as on the slopes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between milking and caring for the animals, she is one of the few guardians of a unique cheese heritage, intimately linked to the history and wounds of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/this-cheese-dairy-in-tignes-is-a-paradise-for-beaufort-and-savoyard-specialities\/\">In Tignes, this cheese shop is a paradise for Beaufort cheese and Savoyard specialities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Because behind every piece of Persill\u00e9 de Tignes lies the memory of a village swallowed up, families uprooted and a valley marked by exodus. <em>\"It's still an open wound<\/em>she admits. <em>But through this cheese, we maintain a link with our past. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the foot of the Villaroger forests, on the slopes facing Tignes and Saint-Foy, An\u00e9mone Marmottan has been swapping her professional ski bib for a farmer's smock for several years now. Here's a report. 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