Castagna di Roccamonfina IGP
Roccamonfina chestnut
Chestnuts from the extinct Roccamonfina volcano, in five named cultivars: Primitiva (or Tempestiva), Napoletana (or Riccia, or Riccia Napoletana), Mercogliana (or Marrone), Paccuta and Lucente (or Lucida).
Designation
- Certification
- IGP
- Category
- Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed
Where it is made
The whole administrative territory of Caianello, Conca della Campania, Galluccio, Marzano Appio, Roccamonfina, Sessa Aurunca, Teano and Tora e Piccilli, province of Caserta.
How it is made
Fresh, the fruit is asymmetric and tending to globose, of medium size, at no more than 110 nuts to the kilo.