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Castelmagno DOP - Piedmont

Castelmagno DOP - Piedmont

  • Ferments: calf liquid
  • Rind: smooth and yellow when fresh, hard and brown when mature
  • Paste: semi-hard, strawlike yellow
  • Surface: Flat or almost flat
  • Thickness: 6.69 inch
  • Territory: districts of Monterosso Grana, Pradleves and Castelmagno in the province of Cuneo
  • Label: DOP

Castelmagno is a cylindrical pressed, semi-fat semi-hard cheese tinged with blue mould with maturation. Made namely from cow milk with sheep or goat milk added as well. Castelmagno is made only in a few areas of the province of Cuneo.

Piece of: 10.58 oz
Price: 9.25 €
Castelmagno has a peculiar flavor, a hard and brown surface and a medium-hard interior of pearly white colour with blue-green veins as a sign of its maturation. 
 
The cheese is normally aged for up to 6 months in natural mountain 'grottos'.
 
According to the legend, the name 'Castelmagno' comes from the name of a sanctuary dedicated to Saint Magnus, a Roman soldier who was martyred in the mountains of Cuneo.
 

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