This is the vinegar about which legends have been woven. It is made from the must - or freshly pressed juice - of Trebbiano grapes. The must is cooked down in open copper kettles to half its original volume, then put into wood to age for a dozen years. But that's just the beginning. It's then taken out and tested by a panel of judges. The qualifiers are graded; from the top, gold, then silver, finally red. Then they return to the wood for another five, ten, twenty, a hundred years or more. During the aging the vinegar is shifted from one type of wood to the next - cherry, chestnut, oak and mulberry all leave their imprint on the flavor of the vinegar. The result of all this is an almost unbelievable concentration of sweet-sour flavor in a dense, intense, brown-black vinegar that hints of berries, grapes, vanilla. There is nothing like it in the world. Loose a few drops on ripe strawberries fresh from the market. Only a tiny amount is released each year, in elegant glass flasks. An amazing treat that you'll always remember.This amazing vinegar is a big jump up from the already outstanding Red Label. More intensely flavored to begin with, an additional 15 years in wood concentrates and deepens the flavor. Every drop is a carnival of blackberry, vanilla and oak flavors. Gift boxed. 100 ml bottle Emilia Silver Seal 30-50 year old balsamic