Centosettanta

Centosettanta is creamy in texture and beautifully sweet in flavour. It is made by the team who produce the Parmigiano San Pietro 2659 that we sell. This limited run of 4 year old cheese showcases the exceptional lengths that the San Pietro co-operative and maturer Giorgio Cravero take to continually improve the quality of their cheese.
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A member of our wholesale team named this cheese Centosettanta, which is Italian for 170. There have only been 170 wheels of this cheese made.

Centosettanta comes from the same co-operative as our Parmigiano Reggiano San Pietro. There are 3 important people involved in its production: Carlo Piggioli the farmer, Massimo Libra the cheesemaker and Giorgio Cravero who selects and matures the cheese. Carlo exclusively produces hay from the flora-rich pastures in the heart of the Apennine mountains where his farm is. He then milks his 60 Friesians in a parlour 300 metres away from the creamery where cheesemaker Massimo produces Parmigiano Reggiano and produced Centosettanta. After 13 months, Giorgio then selects his cheese and matures it in conditions designed to be as natural as possible.

Neal's Yard Dairy has a long-standing relationship with Giorgio Cravero, who we first met 21 years ago at the Slow Food festival 'Cheese' in Italy. In 2015, we discussed the idea of an unbranded Parmigiano with Giorgio, with the idea that we could sell it based on what makes it a unique cheese, rather than sell it on its brand name. Nothing came of this conversation until Giorgio's phone rang on a Sunday evening in 2020, with the opportunity to have one wheel a day that could be made and sold as a cheese in its own right. Knowing our response, Giorgio immediately said yes and Centosettanta came into being.
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