Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is obtained from boiled grape
must, matured through a natural fermentation and
progressive concentration over a long aging period, carried
out in a series of barrels of different kinds of woods, without the addition of
any other substance. It has a rich shiny dark brown color and a perfect
thick syrupy density. The characteristic complex bouquet is pungent and
evident but with a pleasant and harmonic acidity. With a traditional
and unique well-balanced sweet and sour taste, is generously
full-bodied, pungent with velvety tones, in agreement with its
distinctive olfactory characteristic.
The product is protected by The Consortium of Producers of the
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena and can only be bottled, after
passing a series of organoleptic tests by a board of expert tasters, in
100 cc bottles, the only legally approved bottle to be used by all
producers.
Each individual bottle is numbered and sealed, the Consortium also keeps
a sample from each batch of bottles as a guaranty of the quality of the
corresponding bottle lot.
