This Cas Arrigoni Gorgonzola is matured by a family run and owned business. In the 70’s, the first generation of the family worked in the Taleggio valley, maturing cheeses in tiny home cellars and refining a range of exceptional, local cheeses.
Nowadays, milk is sourced from a local cooperative that collects milk from surrounding farmers in Lombardy, all within 100km of the dairy. Two small dairies now make the cheeses and then the Arrigoni family mature them in their custom built cellars, which are entirely natural and are underground, quarried into mountains.
The brown cows live on an extraordinary terrain and are moved every summer high into the organic, alpine pastures of the Taleggio valley to feast on rich grasses and wild flowers. They also eat 87 different herbs which are being actively protected by farmers to ensure biodiversity long into the future.
This Gorgonzola is aged in slatted wooden belts to stop in from collapsing in on itself. It looks like a large barrel when whole and is one of our customers’ favourite sights in the deck!
The cows are outdoor reared on the mountains, and the cheese is made nearby, so there are not many food miles involved in production.