The sweet chestnut - or marone - is one of the most beautiful and distinctive trees in southern France and Italian Tuscany.
In these trees, the male bud sites provide the nectar, so profusely that the entire bud sites appear sticky.
The honey is dark to black and remains liquid for a long time due to the high fructose content.
Sweet chestnut honeys have a high ferment and inhibin content.
On the island of Corsica, the population lived for centuries from the landscape-forming sweet chestnut forests, where flour was made from the chestnuts and even beer was brewed.