ACETAIA SAN GIACOMO

Acetaia San Giacomo is located in Novellara, within the Reggiano territory of traditional balsamic vinegar, where forty-two municipalities preserve a craft built on time. A single denomination governs everything: the Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Reggio Emilia DOP, which originates from cooked grape must and matures for a minimum of twelve years in a battery of barrels made from different woods, reducing in volume and concentrating with each decanting. What emerges from the smallest barrel is a dark, dense liquid with a concentrated flavor, where acidity and sweetness find a meeting point that only aging can create. Here, the decisive factor is not skill but patience, along with the slow breath of temperatures that mark the hot summer and cold winter in the attic. The acetaia opens its doors to visitors: one can ascend among the barrel batteries, follow the refinement process, and conclude with a tasting drawn directly from the barrel, to truly understand what twelve years mean in a single drop.

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