The vinegar cellar
A secret place, furthest from prying eyes, where the seasons follow one another with their temperatures to build, year after year, the black nectar.
L'vinegar cellar houses ancient batteries from noble families in the provinces of Reggio Emilia and Modena.
Le barrels and the 18th and 19th century diners store, in the darkness of the attic, precious liquids.
I woods coloured by time reveal forms, which in the past belonged to ancient crafts.
In every nook and cranny of attics, in old rustic houses, in greenhouses, hundreds of botticellas pass by and linger.
L'Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Reggio Emilia PDO vinegar house houses 450 small casks of different woods. The casks are divided into Batterie, series of casks ranging from the largest to the smallest in descending order.
Botticelle or caratelli range in capacity from 10/15 litres to 4/5 litres and are all made from different types of wood: oak, chestnut, juniper, cherry, ash and acacia, each of them releasing different aromas and flavours to the finished product
In the millenary tradition, Traditional Balsamic Vinegar was a custom of the noble families of Reggio Emilia and Modena who would start a battery at the birth of a female child and then give it as a dowry at her wedding.
The botticelle are never emptied, and are never changed: in the bottling process, a minimum percentage is taken (10 max 20%) to preserve the balance of the battery, and if the botticella needs restoration, it is isolated from the battery and then reinserted after restoration.
Balsamic Vinegar of Modena P.G.I. and Condiment of Borgo are aged and refined in French oak barrels.
The products that we define as "everyday" rest in the barrique cellar consisting of around 400 barriques and some large 5000 or 10000 litre vats. The wood releases intense aromas and the man studies the products with careful passion, the quality of the raw materials and the accurate presentation of a finished product that will bring the meaning of an ancient tradition into your homes.
