Marrone del Mugello

Marrone del Mugello is a protected chestnut designation covering nuts of the Florentine Chestnut variety, known as Marrone Fiorentino, grown within a defined area of the Province of Florence in Tuscany. The designation requires medium-large nuts, typically three per husk, and mandates specific production ceilings, post-harvest treatment methods, and packaging within the production area.

About this designation

Marrone del Mugello holds PGI status, registered under file number PGI-IT-1527, with EU protection dating from 2 July 1996. The eAmbrosia identifier is EUGI00000013404. The production area comprises the entire administrative territory of the municipalities of Barberino di Mugello, Borgo S. Lorenzo, Dicomano, Firenzuola, Londa, Marradi, Palazzuolo Sul Senio, Pelago, Pontassieve, Rufina, S. Godenzo, Scarperia e San Piero a Sieve, Vaglia, and Vicchio Mugello, all within the Province of Florence. Chestnut groves must contain the Florentine Chestnut variety, Marrone Fiorentino, accounting for at least 90% of the chestnut trees. The maximum production yield is set at 2,500 kg of nuts per hectare and, where grove density falls below 80 trees per hectare, at 30 kg per tree; these ceilings apply even in exceptionally fruitful years. Qualifying nuts are of medium-large size, with no more than 90 nuts per kilogram, and are typically three per husk. The fresh product may be released for consumption from 25 September of the year of production. Post-harvest treatment — sorting, sizing, curing in cold water for no more than eight days, or sterilisation in a hot water bath followed by a cold water bath without additives — as well as drying, milling, and packaging, must all be carried out within the production area. The control body is the Consorzio di Tutela del Marrone del Mugello IGP, based in Borgo San Lorenzo.

Source: The register document this entry was written from · retrieved August 26, 2026

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PGI on 2 July 1996 under file number PGI-IT-1527; eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013404.
• The Florentine Chestnut variety, Marrone Fiorentino, must account for at least 90% of trees in qualifying chestnut groves.
• The maximum production yield is set at 2,500 kg per hectare and, at densities below 80 trees per hectare, at 30 kg per tree.
• The fresh product may not be released for consumption before 25 September of the year of production.

Tasting notes

Tuscan chestnut from Mugello area (Florence province), large pyramidal shape, sweet floury flesh, characteristic delicate aroma.

HoReCa use

Marrone del Mugello is used in Tuscan autumn cuisine, prepared as caldarroste and candied, and dried for Marrone flour and traditional Castagnaccio.

Packaging

• crate-10kg
• crate-15kg
• vacuum-pack-cooked-500g
• dried-1kg

Seasonality