Gocce Italiane Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena DOP Extravecchio, 30 Year Aged, 100ml Wood Gift Box

$165.00

The oldest balsamic we import, and the most strictly governed food product in Italy. Thirty years in a battery of barrels, from cooked grape must and nothing else — no wine vinegar, no caramel, no colouring, no preservatives. The DOP designation permits exactly one ingredient: time.

Designation: Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena DOP, Extravecchio

Aged: 30 years — the Extravecchio minimum is 25

Ingredients: Cooked grape must. Nothing else.

Size: 100 ml, in the Giugiaro bottle used by every DOP producer

Packaging: Wood presentation box

How to use it

Use it by the drop, not the spoonful. Over aged Parmigiano Reggiano, on a ripe strawberry, across a seared steak after it leaves the pan, or on vanilla gelato. In Modena it is taken neat from a teaspoon after dinner as a digestivo.

Why it's different

Every bottle is filled and sealed by the Consorzio Tutela in Modena, not by the producer, and only after passing a blind tasting panel. The bottle shape is trademarked and identical across all DOP houses, carrying a numbered seal at the neck. If a balsamic is not in that bottle, it is not DOP — whatever the label says.

Click here to learn more about Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena DOP