Formaggeria Cà du RocPian della Pietra is a locality at an altitude of 1,250 meters, easily accessible by a road that, just after the outlying hamlet of Cresto, branches off from the provincial road ascending from Ala di Stura to Pian della Mussa. The landscape is one of meadows, lovely stone houses and, opposite, the imposing mass of Monte Rosso d’Ala. It is here that Cinzia and Renata’s Saanen goats graze. The dairy, which celebrated its twentieth birthday in 2022, has a small shop where it is possible to buy its cheeses directly: Chevrin delle Valli di Lanzo is the most emblematic but there’s also a line of fresh cheeses (tomino and stracchinello) and mature ones, such as Maggiorino, named for a valley elder who handed down the recipe orally, and Grancapra, which is matured for longer, at least a a year. Also on sale to private customers, who account for virtually all the dairy’s production, are whole milk, yogurt, cream desserts and, as of 2022, butter. Cà du Roc’s cheeses are also on sale at at Bruno Tetti’s butcher’s shop in Martassina and Lanzo Torinese market, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
