Cavalli Condiment Balsamic Vinegar, 8.4-Ounce Reviews
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Cavalli Condiment Balsamic Vinegar, 8.4-Ounce Feature
- One of the finest Balsamicos available
- Product produced with cooked grape must of Trebbiano and Lambruschi
- Acetification process occurs in aged barrels of oak, chestnut, mulberry and juniper
- No thickerners, coros or flavorings are added
- The Cavalli Brothers are the oldest producers of Balsamico in Reggio Emilia
Cavalli Balsamico Condeminto adds perfectly balanced sweet/sour flavor to salads, sauces, vegetables, fruits (try it with melon or strawberry!), roasts and game.
Cavalli Balsamic Condiment is made from 50% Trebbiano must (Balsamico is made from 100% must), and 50% aged wine vinegar. The Cavalli's age their 'condimento' in wood barrels for at least three years before it is ready to be bottled and shipped. If you're looking for something delicious for your everyday use, this is it. It's great on salads, in marinades, sprinkled onto spring lamb, drizzled onto fresh berries.
A word about Cavalli Balsamico Vinegar Work: The Cavalli Vinegar Works, or "acetaia", is located in the tiny town of Scandiano, about twenty minutes outside of Modena, just west of the autostrada that connects Bologna with Milan. The Cavalli brothers inherited the acetaia from their father, Dottore Fernando Cavalli, who passed away in 1998. The Dottore began to make Balsamic vinegar after over fifty years of work as a winemaker. While making his own vinegars, Dottore Cavalli also purchased barrels filled with very old vinegars from what the brothers refer to somewhat mysteriously, as an "aristocratic family." These aged vinegars gave the brothers the base they needed to make their vinegars into something special.
The Cavalli acetaia has got to be a cooper's idea of heaven - everywhere you turn, there are barrels: barrels made from oak, cherry, mulberry, chestnut, and juniper. There are new barrels, old barrels, barrels built before the turn of the century, barrels six feet across all the way down to tiny little things no more than a foot high. And they're everywhere! There are barrels in the attic, on the main floor, even in the stairways. Barrels and flies-flies buzzing around the mouth of every barrel are the 'mosca', the tiny, mosquito sized "vinegar flies" which are found in every acetaia. The opening to each barrel is covered with a small screen cloth allowing the vinegar to breathe.
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Jun 14, 2011 09:33:04
