It is a hard cheese, it is get with whole milk of Gentile da Lucania and Puglia, Leccese, Comisana, Sarda. The specification stipulates that milk intended for processing into Pecorino di Filiano, belonging to two consecutive milking, must be derived from farms whose feed consists predominantly of pasture, fresh forage and good quality hay produced in the area described. Also the rennet be crafted with precise techniques. The "Pecorino di Filiano" cheese is produced all the year.