Piedmont · Italy
Murazzano.
Murazzano is a whisper of a cheese—soft and spreadable, it melts on your tongue with the clean, delicate sweetness of fresh sheep's milk and a gentle lactic tang that lingers like morning cream. Rindless and pale ivory, it smells faintly grassy and milky, with none of the pungency you might expect from sheep cheese, making it feel more like a buttery secret than a bold statement.
The story
How it's made.
Why it tastes that way.
Murazzano is one of the smallest and gentlest of the Piedmontese PDO cheeses, made in the Langhe hills from the milk of the indigenous Langhe sheep breed.
It received Italian DOC in 1982 — among the earliest Italian sheep's-milk cheeses to be protected — and EU PDO in 1996. At minimum 60% sheep milk is required.
Production · spec
- Milk
- Sheep · raw
- Family
- Fresh
- Rind
- rindless
- Age
- 0–1 mo
- Protected
- PDO · since 1996
- Intensity
- 1 / 5
- Texture
- soft
Tasting profile
Quiet on every axis.
Fresh cheeses whisper — Murazzano sits low and even across the board. That evenness is the profile.
Aroma
Nutrition · per 100 g serving
What's in a wedge.
A 100 g serving — about a finger-thick wedge. Daily values use the FDA 2020 reference of 2,000 kcal. Expect ±5% variation between wheels.
Serve, cut & store
Out of the fridge,
into its prime.
Guidance for fresh cheeses — general practice, not a per-wheel measurement.
Rest
Take it out about 20–30 min before serving — cold stiffens the fat and locks up the aromas; cool room temperature is when the flavour shows up.
Cut
Slice with a wet knife or simply spoon it — fresh cheeses don't need ceremony.
Store
Fresh and brined cheeses keep best covered in their liquid — and are happiest eaten within days.
Rule of thumb: the softer and riper, the longer it needs. Thick pieces need longer than thin — and don't leave cheese out much past two hours.
Pairings · Caseo curated
What goes with Murazzano.
43 pairings across 6 categories.
Wine
Beer & Cider
Where to find it
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Substitutes
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These will play a similar role on the board and in the pan.
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