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production area (origin of
the milk/processing/cheese making and maturation) is in fact classified as
a mountain area and the
cheese is produced throughout the year. This wording must be on a blue
background on the label.
compliance with the spe- and the consortium for the
cific Castelmagno requi- protection of Castelmagno cheese was establirements.
shed by its producers on
For greater “consumer 19 June 1984. The cheese
protection”, the Castelma- subsequently also receigno Consortium and the ved PDO recognition.
production
companies
are subject to inspections The product
by the Istituto Nord Ovest Castelmagno DOP beQualità (INOQ), an in- longs to the category of
spection body respon- veined cheeses or blue
sible for ensuring com- cheeses. The term “veipliance with the cheese ning” refers to the chaproduction requirements racteristic presence of
and which authorises com- special moulds of the Pepanies to use the mark of nicillium genus in the paste of the cheese. Castelorigin.
magno DOP can display
Castelmagno
obtained the additional indication
DOC recognition in 1982, “Mountain Product”: its
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If, however, it is produced
in the period from May
to October at an altitude
of over 1,000 metres, in
the mountain areas of the
municipalities included in
the production area, and
complies with an exact list
of strict production rules,
it can also bear the indication “Alpine”. In this case,
the wording must appear
on a green background.
The local area
Castelmagno DOP can
only be produced and
matured in the administrative territory of the municipalities of Castelmagno,
Pradleves and Monterosso Grana, in the province
of Cuneo. The milk for the
cheese making must also
come from the same area.