Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena

Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena

The Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is made from cooked graper must matured by a long and slow vinegarization process through natural fermentation followed by progressive concentration by aging in a series of casks made from different types of wood and without the addition of any other spices or flavourings.

Colour: dark brown but full of warm light.

Dense: with a fluid and syruplike consistency.

Fragrance: distinct, complex, sharp and unmistakeably but pleasantly acid.

Flavour: traditional and inimitable sweet and sour in perfect proportion. To the tastebuds it will offer a full and rich flavour with a variety of shadings and evolving bursts of new expressions as the mood of the carrier changes.

From the M.D. dated February 1987 on DOC (Controlled Origin Denomination).
Integral text from the definition of balsamic vinegar given in MAESTRI ASSAGGIATORI, March 1976.