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  • Stagionatura e qualità del Parmigiano Reggiano

Aging and quality

Parmigiano Reggiano must be aged at least 12 months to receive the mark of the Consortio. 

According to experts a 12 months aging is not enought to have a good product: the cheese should be aged for at least 18 months, and it reaches its best aging between 20 and 30 months.

Some people also tried to age some wheels for 7 years… Surely, to bring the cheese to a so long aging, we must have a good product. In other words, aging is practically a quality mark; the longer it is, the best is the development of tastes and scents and the more is the cheese digestible, thanks to a natural process which take place during the maturation.

  • Parmigiano Reggiano

    Parmigiano Reggiano

    Still today, as in the past, the production of Parmigiano Reggiano requires experience, care and passion. It is more than 8 centuries that Parmigiano Reggiano is produced by dairymen following the same production steps.

  • Grana Padano

    Grana Padano

    Tastes and scents are very similar one wheel to the other, strictly connected with the cheese aging: softer and sweeter if the cheeses is between 10 and 19 months old, more spicy and straw in scent as the cheese becomes older.