The unique flavor of this cheese is due to a combination that is unrepeatable elsewhere: the clay soils of the pastures, whose fragrant herbs give the milk a distinctive flavor of chestnut, bay leaves and grasses; the sheep, of which there are only 3,000 in Pienza; and the milk from which a cheese very different from other types of cacio is made.

Cacio di Pienza Nero: an all-Italian specialty you can find in our delicatessen department!