Marrone di San Zeno DOP
San Zeno chestnut
A chestnut from the slopes above Lake Garda at San Zeno di Montagna, from ecotypes of Castanea sativa selected over generations under the lake's influence and propagated agamically as the local Marrone variety.
Designation
- Certification
- DOP
- Category
- Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed
Where it is made
San Zeno di Montagna and the Garda slopes, province of Verona.
How it is made
No more than three nuts to a burr, and between 50 and 120 nuts to the kilo. The shape is ellipsoidal with a low apex, the side faces mostly convex to differing degrees, the hilar scar a flattened circle tending to a rectangle.