the goats’ raw milk is turned into fresh robiola (an Italian soft-ripened cheese of the Stracchino family), spicy/flavoured robiola (with chives, oregano, chili peppers, and more), semi-aged robiola, toma (a semi-hard cheese, traditionally a specialty of the North-Western Italian regions of Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta), ricotta, and tomini in oil (tiny, flat cheeses with a soft and white rind and a fresh, creamy interior; yet another regional specialty).
In order to follow the goats’ natural life cycle, we only make cheese from March to November. In the winter months, in preparation for labour, the goats stop producing milk. In our cellars, only the toma cheese is left, quietly, to age.