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Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Bertinelli Parmigiano Reggiano 24 Month

Bertinelli Parmigiano Reggiano 24 Month

Parmesan · Cow Milk · Aged 24 months · DOP

Aged 24 months: crystalline, nutty, savory—still moist enough to grate.

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The Tasting

How it lands on the palate

DOP raw cow's milk Parmigiano-Reggiano from the Bertinelli family in Emilia-Romagna, aged 24 months. Crystalline, nutty, savory. Ships to 48 states.

Bertinelli Parmigiano Reggiano 24 Month tasting profile
Deep Dive

A closer look

Parmigiano Reggiano is a hard, granular cheese produced in a specific region of Italy, known as the "King of Cheeses". It is made from cow's milk and is protected by a Denominazione di Origine Protetta (DOP) (Protected Designation of Origin), meaning it can only be produced under strict rules within the designated area. This area includes the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, and Modena, and parts of Bologna and Mantua. Our Parmigiano Reggiano is sourced from the Bertinelli Farm.

The Tasting Notes

Texture

Hard and granular, breaks naturally along the grain when wedged apart rather than cut, with visible tyrosine crystals through the paste.

Intensity

Bold and savory with the salt, nuttiness, and umami depth that 24 months of aging develops, but still moist enough to grate cleanly into sauces.

Finish

Long savory finish, the salt and nutty notes hold on the palate well past the bite and keep pulling toward another taste.

Lactic

A whisper of fresh milk underneath the age, mostly dried out and concentrated into the paste rather than reading as creamy or yogurty.

Nutty

Browned butter and toasted hazelnut run through the paste, with the savory pull that 24 months of aging in the Reggio caves builds.

Earthy

Clean and bright for an aged cow's milk cheese, with only a faint earthy hum behind the dominant nutty and savory notes.

Spicy

A gentle salt-driven sharpness on the back of the palate, nothing piquant, just the bite that long aging gives the rind side.

The Rind

Natural rind

Hard natural rind branded with the Parmigiano-Reggiano dotted-pinhole stamp plus the production date and dairy code. Edible if grated into broth for flavor, but not typically eaten on its own.

PasteurizationRaw
First made1200 AD
The Pairing

What to pour. What to put alongside.

Parmigiano-Reggiano stands on its own, but the right partners turn a wedge into a moment. Regional pairings first — they were built for each other.

Wine glass — The Sip
The Sip

Lambrusco · Champagne · Barolo · Aged Balsamic Vinegar

  • Lambrusco
  • Champagne
  • Barolo
  • Aged Balsamic Vinegar

A 24-month Parmigiano has the salt and crystalline structure to stand up to a tannic Barolo, while a chilled Lambrusco from the same region cuts through the savory richness.

Fresh fruit — The Bite
The Bite

Fresh figs · Bartlett pears · Concord grapes

  • Fresh figs
  • Bartlett pears
  • Concord grapes

The crystalline savory bite of a 24-month Parmigiano wants a sweet counterweight, which is why aged balsamic and acacia honey are the classic Emilian table partners.

Honey — The Sweet
The Sweet

Aged balsamic · Acacia honey · Mostarda di Cremona

  • Aged balsamic
  • Acacia honey
  • Mostarda di Cremona
Top Recipe

Cacio e pepe

Reviews

What our customers say

Real reviews from The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills Google Business Profile. Curated by Dom and his team since 1967.

4.7
★★★★★
Based on 428 verified Google reviews
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★★★★★

Top Italian and French cheeses, carefully selected

Domenico and his team are fantastic. I’m a chef and I often get my supplies from The Cheese Store — unique products, carefully selected, from top Italian and French cheeses to excellent local ones.

CT
Chef Tommaso
11 months ago · ✓ Google Local Guide · 66 reviews
★★★★★

Like wine tasting, but for cheese

Absolutely loved the cheese store! Everyone was super helpful and friendly. Lena helped us — she was very knowledgeable on all the cheeses: where they came from, what the region is like, what they are known for. It was like wine tasting for cheese.

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Amandarina
4 months ago · ✓ Google Local Guide · 34 reviews
★★★★★

Excellent customer service on a shipped order

Ordered several cheeses from them and the wrong items were delivered. Contacted the store and they recognized the error and immediately sent the correct order the next day without any fuss. Really appreciate the promptness and professionalism.

SD
Stephen Duffy
2 months ago · ✓ Google Local Guide · 83 reviews
The Origin

From Medesano, Italy

Bertinelli Parmigiano Reggiano 24 Month origin map
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Meet the Maker

Bertinelli

Family · Family-owned dairy, cheesemaking on the same Medesano land for over a century · Medesano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

“Bertinelli built their reputation by rescuing the Bianca Modenese breed and making Parmigiano Reggiano from a single rare herd, on a single farm — closing the loop from pasture to wheel under one family.”

Bertinelli is a family-run dairy in Medesano, in the province of Parma — squarely inside the Parmigiano Reggiano DOP zone of Emilia-Romagna. Nicola Bertinelli runs the operation today, but the farm goes back generations; the Bertinellis have been raising cattle and making cheese on this land since the early 1900s, and Nicola has served as president of the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, which tells you where he sits in the hierarchy of this cheese.

What sets them apart is the milk. Bertinelli is one of a handful of producers committed to Bianca Modenese — the white cow of Modena, an ancient indigenous breed that was nearly extinct by the 1990s. Bianca Modenese gives less milk than the Frisona Italiana that dominates the region, but the milk is richer in casein and fat, and it makes a denser, more aromatic wheel. The cows are pasture-fed on the farm's own fields, milked twice a day, and the milk goes straight into copper vats in the caseificio across the yard. From there it's the traditional process — natural whey starter, calf rennet, hand-cut curd, twin wheels pressed into fascere and brined for three weeks before they go onto spruce shelves to age.

The 24-month wheels are where Bianca Modenese really shows itself: dense, crystalline, brothy, with that long savory finish you only get from older Reggiano made on better milk. Dom calls Bertinelli's Bianca Modenese the Rolls Royce of Parmesan, and he's not exaggerating. These guys nailed it.
The Signature

Single-herd Parmigiano Reggiano DOP from Bianca Modenese cow's milk, aged on spruce planks for 24+ months.

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