Caseificio Rosola | Parmigiano Reggiano DOP - Bianca Modenese 30 months

In December 2022 our team went along with the Rocket Wine team to Bologna, welcomed and guided by Jacopo Stigliano, a talented local wine producer and our "tour operator" for three days. Among other amazing places, we went and visited the shop of Caseificio Rosola, and brought some 30 months Parmigiano back with us. Finally, after months of waiting, and thanks to the huge help of Jacopo who took care of all the  communication on site, you can now enjoy it too.

Though it is aged for a minimum of 30months, this parmigiano will surprise by its sweetness and creaminess. Nutty, tangy but very delicate.While you might expect its acidity to be sharp and aggressive like in some aged hard cheeses, it instead rounds out beautifully in a gentle finish.

The Bianca Modenese breed

A bit of history

The earliest evidence of the Bianca Modenese breed dates back to the first half of the 19th century: Along with the Rossa Reggiana breed, rearing of Bianca Modenese cows soon became closely linked to the production of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.

Caseificio Rosola is proud to be at the forefront in the endeavor to recover and enhance the Bianca Modenese breed, since allowing it to become extinct would be tantamount to losing a significant part of our culture, our history – and to giving up a raw material of indisputable quality forever.

In the recent past

Along with the Slow Food Movement and the Provincial Association of Breeders, the Modena Province Department now promotes an important initiative focused on the protection of animal biodiversity, which closely concerns the Bianca Modenese breed.

The first Parmigiano Reggiano cheese wheel made entirely from the milk of Bianca Modenese cows dates back to April 4, 2005, when it passed all the quality controls with excellent results. In 2006, the Slow Food Movement decided to establish one of its Arks of Taste to protect the breed – and not just one product in particular.

Consortium and Product Specification
Shortly afterwards, the breeders of Bianca Modenese cattle – with Caseificio Rosola in the lead – decided to form a Consortium for the development of the Bianca Modenese cattle breed, the main intention being to create a short supply chain able to guarantee quality and equally fair costs for both producers and consumers.

The Specification states that the cattle must only feed on natural, GMO-free products. Silage, fodder and feedstuffs requiring pH variations for their preservation are not allowed, neither is the unifeed technique. Fortifying the feedstuffs with mineral salts and vitamins can only be done when prescribed by a veterinarian.

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