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Cattaneo Alfio
Branzi · Province of Bergamo · Lombardia
Cattaneo Alfio operates in Branzi, at the heart of Lombardy's alpine dairy belt, where two protected mountain cheeses converge. The producer crafts Valtellina Casera DOP across a 77-municipality zone, delivering a skimmed-milk cheese aged a minimum of 70 days with a semi-firm paste distinctive to Sondrio province. The operation also produces Bitto DOP, a raw-milk cylindrical cheese weighing 8–25 kg, made exclusively during summer months when herds graze high pastures. Visitors can experience both productions firsthand.
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What it makes
Bitto
Bitto PDO is a cylindrical raw-milk mountain cheese (8-25 kg) with concave heel, produced only from June to September on alpine pastures and matured at least 70 days.
Valtellina Casera
Formaggio vaccino parzialmente scremato a pasta semidura, tipico della provincia di Sondrio e stagionato almeno 70 giorni.