According to legend, a soldier in General Bourbaki’s army brought the recipe to Les Charbonnières in 1871. Documents in archives, however, record deliveries of Vacherin as early as 1845. La Société de Laiterie de Charbonnières was founded in 1865. It soon began producing Vacherin Mont-d’Or which was finished by Jules-Moïse Rochat. Word spread quickly throughout the country and the cheese became a prize-winner at numerous exhibitions.