Abstract: The invention concerns a method for making ripened cheese having enhanced organoleptic properties, which consists, during one of the steps of the manufacturing method, in inoculating a dairy mixture with one or more lactic acid bacterial strains, and in a step of ripening the manufactured cheese. Said method is characterized in that it includes one or each of the following steps: prior to the inoculating step, processing the dairy mixture with a process gas comprising a neutral gas or a reducing gas or a mixture thereof to obtain a desired redox potential value Eh which is less than the value obtained when the dairy mixture is at equilibrium with air; all or part of the ripening step is carried out under a reducing ripening atmosphere.