CACIOTTONE DI NORCIA
IGP RECOGNITION
- Request for recognition as PGI of «Caciottone di Norcia» (21A04249) (GU General Series n.170 of 17-07-2021) presented by the Caciottone di Norcia Association;
- Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the recognition of Caciottone di Norcia PGI on 02-08-2024;
Milan, 2 August (askanews) – Another important milestone for quality Italian agri-food: the recognition of Caciottone di Norcia PGI has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The number of Italian PDO, PGI and STG products in Europe has thus risen to 328, confirming Italy as a leader in the field of geographical indications for agri-food. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry announced this, adding that “achieving the PGI will allow us to maintain a traditional production technique unchanged and safeguard its prestige and quality”.
Norcia’s Caciottone
Caciottone from Norcia is, without a doubt, the cheese that most represents this territory of inestimable environmental value, a treasure chest of traditions and local cultures: Valnerina. A territory that expresses all of the peculiarities and characteristics of the typical mountain environment of the Apennine ridge, one of a kind for its intrinsically rich biodiversity.
In this extremely generous territory, abundant pastures allow to obtain high quality milk, in which it is possible to perceive the aromas given from the variety of forage grasses.
Processing steps
History
In these places the wise and laborious work of man has managed to best exploit the environmental asperities, developing ancient activities such as herding and the art of producing “Caciu”, as the cheese was traditionally called, handing down this knowledge from generation to generation. To this day, although the modernization has led to significant changes, this coveted ancient knowledge is used to create products whose typicality has remained untouched for centuries.
