The cheese is a semi-soft, whole milk blue cheese deeply veined with the Roquefortpenicilliummold. A wheel of Bénédictin weighs 2 kg (4.4 lb) and has a whitish-grey coating.
The aroma of the cheese is reminiscent of mushrooms and has a creamy, delicately saltedflavour. The middle of the cheese wheel is especially creamy.