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F.lli Ciapponi Primo e Dario
Morbegno · Province of Sondrio · Lombardia
F.lli Ciapponi Primo e Dario operates from a 19th-century drogheria in Morbegno's historic center, where barrel-vaulted cellars below the shop floor shelter aging wheels of Bitto DOP—some matured up to a decade—alongside cured meats and regional spirits. The brothers preserve artisanal aging protocols across raw-milk mountain cheese and Valtellina Casera DOP, a semi-skimmed cow's cheese aged minimum 70 days. Their approach resists fleeting trends, anchored instead to unadorned local flavor and proven techniques handed through generations.
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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.