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Balsamic Vinegar begins with the crushing of sun-ripened grapes. This grape juice called "must", is concentrated through simmering in copper caldrons over wood fires until it is reduced to about 40% of its original weight. This densely concentrated liquid is placed in wooden barrels of oak, cherry, mulberry, chestnut and juniper for aging. As the years go by some of the liquid in the barrel evaporates and some is absorbed into the wood. Each year the vinegar is transferred into smaller barrels of different woods.
This processing and the master Vinegar maker's hands-on experience gives Balsamic Vinegar the delicate flavor of the woods and the sweetness of the sunripened grapes.