4 Gold Medals – Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PGI

Giuseppe Giusti – 4 Gold Medals – Balsamic Vinegar of Modena

The Giuseppe Giusti Balsamic Vinegar of Modena 4 Gold Medals, Quarto Centenario, was first produced for the 400th anniversary of the Acetaia Giuseppe Giusti. It is an extremely full-bodied balsamic vinegar, rich in aromas such as ripe fruits, sweet tobacco notes, roasted coffee, and woody notes resulting from its long aging.

This Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, with its great density and sweetness, is perfect for seasoning a wide variety of preparations and makes your dishes even more complex with its intensity.

The Giuseppe Giusti Balsamic Vinegar of Modena 4 Gold Medals consists exclusively of cooked grape must and aged wine vinegar. The Quarto Centenario matured in French oak barrels from 1800-1900. Only a limited quantity is bottled annually in the typical Champagnotta bottles. This balsamic vinegar is wonderfully balanced and has a pleasant density of 1.36.

Culinary uses: Caprese, sauces and dips, aged hard cheese, fruit salad, and dessert.

Giuseppe Giusti – Balsamic Vinegar

The history of Giusti, the oldest and most awarded balsamic vinegar producer, dates back to the 16th century. For 17 generations now, traditional methods, recipes, and secrets surrounding balsamic vinegar have been passed down. This has led to a unique success story for the Giusti balsamic vinegar family.

Giuseppe Giusti was one of the first to put down in writing the rules for making a "perfect balsamic vinegar," after centuries of oral tradition. The text, written in 1863 for the agricultural exhibition in Modena, names the choice of grapes, the quality of the wooden barrels, and the aging time as the golden basic ingredients for the best balsamic vinegar. The care of the raw materials, the long aging time, and especially the availability of barrels that have been in use in the vinegar factory for centuries are the elements that make Giusti vinegar so special and valuable even today.

That is why we offer you the Giuseppe Giusti Balsamic Vinegars from the Collezione Storia – the historical assortment. This selection consists of five Balsamic Vinegars of Modena with different recipes and degrees of aging, created by various generations of the family over the years and awarded with a multitude of medals: featuring the first historical Giusti label, designed at the beginning of the 20th century, classified with the family's great pride, the medals from the world exhibitions of the late 19th century, bottled in the historic Champagnotta bottle shape.