Extravecchio - Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena DOP 25 Years

Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena DOP, aged for at least twenty-five years in the Acetaia Malpighi attic in Modena. Limpid, dark and lustrous brown in the glass, with a density of 1.34 and an acidity of 5-6%. Decisive and harmonious on the nose, dense and velvety on the palate, fully mature in every layer. 100% natural — no caramel, no colourings, no additives.

Twenty-five years separate the cooked grape must from the bottle. The Extravecchio is the highest expression of the DOP discipline: from the largest barrel of the batteria, the must is moved year after year into smaller and smaller casks of six different woods — chestnut, cherry, juniper, mulberry, oak and acacia. Each wood gives something. Each year takes something away. Time concentrates the flavour, deepens the colour, raises the density. The DOP discipline requires a minimum of twenty-five years to call the result "Extra Vecchio".

Acetaia Malpighi has been tending its barrels since 1850, five generations of one Modenese family watching over more than 3,500 casks. The 100 ml bottle is the official one designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro for the DOP, sealed and presented in the case of the Consorzio Produttori Antiche Acetaie, with a TIC dosing cap and a recipe booklet. To taste at its best: a single drop from a small porcelain or plastic spoon — never aluminium — at the end of a meal as a digestivo, on a sliver of well-aged Parmigiano Reggiano, on fresh strawberries, on vanilla ice cream.