WHat white “bAlsamic” shOUld BE Agrodolce White Balsamic Vinegar
Agrodolce is super smooth, light on the tongue, subtle and very, very long in the finish. You can use it in place of balsamic since it’s similarly soft and sweet. Wherever it’s employed, your cooking will be enhanced by one of the most elegant vinegars I’ve tried in a really long time. It’s crafted by Sante Bertoni on his family estate outside of Modena, Italy. Described as a bit of a mad scientist, Sr. Bertoni is giving the vinegar extra maturing just for us, making its flavor more complex before it hits your kitchen. V-AGV 500 ml bottle $25 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
basque white vinegar
Txakoli White Wine Vinegar
The Txakoli wine, itself hard to find outside Basque country, is rarely made into vinegar. The vinegar is as rare as the albino rhinorceros. It's made by Emilio Lunegas, a devoted Basque wine maker. He decided to develop a vinegar from the traditional wine and broaden the recognition of the Basque region. Working with top-quality Txakoli made primarily from Hondarribi Zuri white grapes, as well as a bit from its cousin, the equally obscure black Hondarribi Beltza, Sr. Luengas and his colleagues make only about 1,200 liters of the vinegar in a year. The flavor is light, lovely, lingering. It’s not sweet, and there’s an airiness to it that makes it refreshing. It’s very nice on simple salads of most any sort. Exceptional with seafood—deglaze a pan after you sauté fish in it. Try it everywhere a recipe asks for white wine vinegar and you'll be happy you did. V-ODV 500 ml $25 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Vecchia Dispensa's 10 Year Aged Balsamic Working in the center of the old town of Castelvetro, southwest of Modena, Italy, Roberta Pelloni and Marino Tintori make a range of great vinegars. Although Americans tend to gravitate toward sweet caramel-flavored balsamics, Marino is quick to emphasize “the key to great Balsamico is balance.” You might not notice it at first, but after many uses overly sweet balsamics get kind of dull. Not so with those from the Tintoris. We've been selling them for over a decade, and they have a legion of followers who return to them again and again. Their 10 year aged balsamic is the most intensely flavored balsamic of its age I’ve ever tried. Its complexity, with rich flavors of oak, blackberry and dark fruit, is partly due to aging in very small batches. That allows more evaporation and contact with the barrel—both of which contribute to more intense flavors. V-10Y 250 ml bottle 10 year aged $35
Rioja Red Wine Vinegar Just South of Basque country comes this simple, perfect barrel aged Spanish red wine vinegar. V-RIO-375 375 ml $9 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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