Piedmont · Italy
Toma Piemontese.
Toma Piemontese whispers rather than shouts—a gentle melt of butter and cream across your palate, with a subtle grassy undercurrent that speaks of alpine pastures. Its semi-hard paste yields with a quiet snap, releasing faint notes of hay and hazelnut, while a whisper of tang keeps it from becoming merely soft. This is a cheese that smells like a cool mountain cellar after rain.
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The story
How it's made.
Why it tastes that way.
Toma Piemontese is the generic PDO covering a broad family of Piedmontese mountain cheeses.
The word 'toma' (or 'tuma') simply means cheese in the local dialect. The PDO granted in 1996 encompasses a wide zone and both whole-milk and part-skim variants.
Production · spec
- Milk
- Cow · raw
- Family
- Semi-hard
- Rind
- natural
- Age
- 1–6 mo
- Protected
- PDO · since 1996
Tasting profile
What it tastes like.
Caseo's flavour axes are calibrated against reference cheeses. This is Toma Piemontese's fingerprint.
Aroma
Nutrition · per 100g serving
What's in a wedge.
A 100g serving — about a finger-thick wedge. Daily values use the FDA 2020 reference of 2,000 kcal. Expect ±5% variation between wheels.
Estimated values — based on similar cheese family data
Pairings · Caseo curated
What goes with Toma.
24 pairings across 8 categories.
Wine
Beer & Cider
Where to find it
Cheese counters.
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