The Martarelli family produces excellent hand-made cheeses, using no type of preservative or anti-mould product and aims to make the customers rediscover products that boast an ancient history and that are unique both in flavor and in type.

They take the milk from the hills of the Marches where the flocks are still raised on the pastures and periodically checked. The milk is processed within the day, constantly analyzed and pasteurized before being worked. Despite ancient traditions, the laboratory has a modern production place that has obtained the EEC stamp of approval 11/015, that guarantees quality and a total respect for the sanitation hygiene norms and the application of the business self-checking plan, in compliance with Presidential Decree no. 54/97 and Legislative Decree no. 155/97. 

All this allows Martarelli to offer  natural and biologically healthy cheeses.

The combination of fire, natural rennet and the expertise of the cheese industry come together to create the Pecorino Nostrano Vallesina, the Pecorino Stagionato (matured pecorino cheese), the Pecorino di latte crudo (raw milk pecorino cheese) and the Pecorino di Fossa (pecorino cheese specially matured in caves). 

Pecorino di Fossa (pecorino cheese specially matured in caves)

The Pecorino di Fossa cheese boasts a history and a tradition that makes this product typical of our land. 

The sheep's milk cheeses, once matured, are closed inside large canvas sacks, made of natural fibers, and laid on layers of leaves and straw inside tuff caves approximately 4 meters deep.
The tuff caves, located in Sogliano Sul Rubicone, in Romagna, are unique in their type: a small hole, of approximately 80cm diameter, is dug at the bottom in order to collect the oils formed during the re-fermentation process.

The caves are sealed towards the end of August and only reopened on the day of St. Catherine in November. The re-fermentation process that the cheese undergoes during the months of burial in the tuff caves, gives this cheese a unique flavor, full of farming tradition. 

The appearance hides a unique, strong and spicy flavor, a soft and spongy texture that surprises and satisfies even the most demanding palate. In this way, our natural pecorino cheese has become a symbol of the successful mixture of a delicate, typical flavor of the Marches with the handicraft and the strong flavor of Romagna traditions. We have created a cheese with an unmistakable aroma: the Pecorino di Fossa.