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Meat
Beef and pork.
The structure.
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONCÓRDOBA · ARGENTINA
MADE OF PLACE. MADE OF TIME.
Traditional salami.
Colonia Caroya.
01 / THE PRODUCTAN IDENTITY OF ITS OWN
More than just
a salami.
It is a place, a craft and a way of understanding time.
A product that carries the memory of its makers. Its character is not a finishing touch: it takes shape from the very beginning.
EXPLORE THE PRODUCT ↗21+DAYS OF MATURATION
25–40 cmA PRODUCT WITH CHARACTER
GIA RECOGNISED ORIGIN
02 / THE PLACEPLACE IS PART OF THE PRODUCT
This product
has an address.
Colonia Caroya, Córdoba. Here, the environment, the knowledge of its makers and cellar maturation shape a distinctive identity.
The Geographical Indication area encompasses Colonia Caroya and Colonia Vicente Agüero.
EXPLORE THE PLACE ↗HISTORIC MAPN ↑
TAP THE POINTS. DISCOVER THEIR STORIES.
Stories and controls
A journey. A land. An origin.
Some stories travel. Others put down roots. Follow the traces of a place that became home.
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03 / THE ORIGINHERITAGE FINDS ITS PLACE
From there.
From here.European heritage.
From here.
European heritage.
Caroya soul.
Friulian and Venetian traditions travelled with immigrant families. In Caroya, this knowledge met different raw materials, another climate and a new community. That adaptation gave rise to a product of its own.
Heritage explains where it comes from.
Caroya defines what it is.
04 / THE MATERIALEVERY ELEMENT MATTERS
Material with purpose.
02
Fat
Cubes of pork fat.
The contrast.
03
Spices
Spices.
The expression.
04
Garlic
Garlic.
The depth.
05
Wine
Wine.
The connection.
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Natural casing
Beef casing.
The natural covering.
05 / THE CRAFT
Knowledge
lives in the hands.
Select. Cut. Mix. Stuff. Tie. Hang. Mature. Each gesture prepares the next; none can replace the wait.
- SELECT
- CUT
- MIX
- STUFF
- TIE
- HANG
- MATURE
06 / THE CELLAR
The cellar.
Where time begins to work.
SILENCE IS PART OF THE CRAFT.07 / TIME IS AN INGREDIENTTHE INGREDIENT THAT CANNOT BE RUSHED
Time
is also an ingredient.
21+DAYS / NATURAL MATURATION
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The salami enters the cellar. A process begins in which environment, material and craft work together.
Illustrative timeline. Maturation takes at least 21 days; each piece develops according to its production conditions.
08 / THE MICROFLORA
The bloom.
A NATURAL TRANSFORMATIONA pale grey bloom covers the surface. It is one of the features that reveal the product’s transformation as it matures in the cellar.
The visible trace of a process that unfolds slowly.
09 / THE CUTIDENTITY REVEALED
A GESTURE. A CRAFT.
The cut.
Know-how lives in the hands. In the movement of the knife, the thickness of each slice, the moment of sharing.
Coarse grind. Firm structure.
A character revealed in every slice.
MEAT — Beef and pork create a compact structure with an identity of its own.
10 / THE TASTETHE TASTE OF A PLACE
Intense.
Spiced.
Balanced.
11 / SPECIFICATIONSPRECISION IN EVERY DETAIL
One piece.
Every detail.
Traditional salami from Colonia Caroya.
Its identity, precisely measured.
- Origin
- Colonia Caroya, Córdoba
- Identity
- Geographical Indication
- Length
- 25–40 cm
- Diameter
- 45–60 mm
- Maturation
- Minimum 21 days
- Casing
- Beef
- Grind
- Coarse
- Shape
- Straight
- Tying
- Segments of approx. 7 cm
12 / THE GIORIGIN HAS VALUE
ORIGIN VERIFIEDMore than a name.
More than a name.
A sense of belonging.
The Geographical Indication recognises the connection between Colonia Caroya’s traditional salami and its territory. A defined origin, shared knowledge and a protected identity.
RESOLUTION 37/2014 ↗
13 / THE PIECE
One product.
14 / FROM CAROYA TO THE WORLDA DISTINCTIVE ARGENTINE PRODUCT
From Caroya.
To the world.
A distinctive identity for new tables. Explore the commercial possibilities of traditional salami from Colonia Caroya.
15 / CONTACTTHE NEXT CONVERSATION
Let’s talk
about origin.
Product information, trade enquiries and distribution opportunities.
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