Traditional Balsamic Vinegar 20 Year Silver Label - Product not always available

Due to extremely limited production, this product may be available upon pre-order only.

The true Balsamic of the millenary Tradition. What once was a "medicine", a remedy, an elixir. A Balsam indeed, in its 100 ml ampoule.

Not a sweet or sour black streak on the plates.

The Silver stamp identifies the balsamic vinegar that has obtained a minimum score of at least 270 points in the consortium tasting and is on average more aged than the lobster (about 18-20 years).
Among the Traditional Balsamic Vinegar, it is probably the one with the best quality/value/usability ratio.

But how can I be sure of this aging?

Especially considering that our world, that of Balsamic, is all based on equivocal and often untrue communication?

The aging is guaranteed by an external body, third party to the producer.

After checking the documents certifying that the barrel and the liquid have been present in the vinegar factory for all those years, he submits a sample of the product to a professional tasting by a commission of five external tasters (again, not the producer!) who must blindly give scores based on quality. Not only that, after this tasting, he also bottles and seals the vials (not the producer!).

There is no other product in the world that follows such a rigorous procedure.

The expected score for the silver stamp must be higher than 270 points in the tasting commission (and at least 275 points for us).

What does this mean? It means that if the product is aged 18-20 or even 40 years, it does not necessarily mean that it is good!

But above all, if we look at the complexity of the aging method, characterized by continuous topping up and decanting (like the solera method), there are so many variables at play (length of the series of barrels, size of the barrels, sampling by the producer, evaporation, etc.), that in our opinion it MAKES NO SENSE to focus on the years in absolute terms.

We must talk about quality brought by long and real aging, not about years as an end in themselves.

The Silver label is undoubtedly a mature product, with an excellent harmony between the sour and the sweet and with the characteristic bouquet given by the different woods capable of inebriating anyone.

It is sold, like all Traditional Balsamic Vinegar, in the official 100 ml Dop bottle called "upside-down tulip". In the gift box we find, in addition to the Acetaia brochure that explains the differences between any Traditional and the Traditional San Giacomo, a recipe book in the language and, very importantly, the cap with pourer with a blown glass "cap".

To find out how to open the bottle without risking breaking the cap and for other useful tips, scan the QR code that you will find on the brochure you will receive or read below:

1- do not remove the cap by leveraging the neck of the bottle but unscrew it gently.

2- it does not need to be stored in the refrigerator, on the contrary. It is fine at room temperature.

3- the expiration date practically does not exist, just think that it has been preserved for more than 25 years in open barrels placed in attics that are scorching in summer and freezing in winter. Due to its chemical-physical characteristics, in the bottle it can last for decades.

4- DO NOT use it in cooking, ONLY raw. You would ruin 20 years of work

It is tasted by pouring it into a non-metallic teaspoon, better if plastic or porcelain . The ideal, to capture all the aromas instead is obtained by pouring a few drops into a wine glass or into our beautiful Olfactory Chambers : tamarind, licorice, dried fruit, dried plum, chocolate, tobacco, vanilla, woods, honey, black cherries, etc. etc...

Each bottle is different from the others.

It is very versatile and can enrich both raw and cooked meat, a pumpkin-based first course, as well as a dessert or, a super-classic that is always present on Emilian tables, some flakes of Parmigiano Reggiano aged 24 to 30 months.

NUTRITION FACTS for 5 ml :
Calories 25 Kcal, Total Fat 0 g ( Saturated Fat 0 g), Trans Fat 0 g, Cholesterol Less than 5mg, Sodium 1.8 mg, Total Carbohydrate 3.1 g, Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 6.9 g, Protein 0g.