Terroir: stone, weather, grazing

For Paški sir, terroir can be discussed precisely because the PDO dossier identifies environmental conditions, pasture flora and inherited human practice as part of the product’s geographical link.

Karst pasture and plant diversity

The product specification reports that karst pasture accounts for about 90% of Pag’s agricultural surface and cites floristic work recording 331 vascular plant taxa in the island’s principal pasture communities.

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What the PDO actually claims

The EU dossier links the cheese’s characteristics to the pasture’s plant composition and to sheep-rearing and cheesemaking skills. That supports a relationship between place and product; it does not make every popular claim about airborne sea salt or a single herb automatically proven.

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Karst pasture and plant diversity

What the PDO actually claims

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