Customer Reviews

Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena Extravecchio Gold Seal - Over 75 Years Old

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As the description notes, balsamic does indeed "growth" more valuable as it ages. What the review fails to note is that unlike fine wine, it also grows ever more alcoholic. One nip of this stuff, and you'll be unfit to drive for hours. To put it simply? It will mess. you. up.

If you know that going in, you may be able to withstand the effects of this heady brew.

Do take note of the product's two year shelf life, however. After two years, enough oxygen will undoubtedly have penetrated to turn this vinegar into wine. Not a good wine, not a fine aged wine, but a blend in the vein of Two Buck Chuck.

In short, use it sparingly but use it quickly, then buy some more. It's slightly cheaper than just burning your money!

Note the carefully-worded item description: "over" 75 years old. That leaves the door open for some really old bottles...and the older the vinegar the better, right? I have it on good authority that some of these bottles are at least 150 years old, meaning that some bottles may contain the very vinegar used to kill President Lincoln! For true vinegar aficionados, such an opportunity should be impossible to pass up. Get a case to save on shipping and increase the odds of owning a piece of history.

Goes well with The Prestige on DVD, too!

Drain cleaner? HA! HA! That's funny. I'm sure some people would love to suck the vinegary goodness right out of that balsamic soaked clog.

I had a terrible plugged drain that nothing would clear. Finally a friend recommended that vinegar might dissolve the blockage. This had so frustrated me that I decided to buy the best vinegar available. When my box of Modena Extravecchio Gold Seal arrived in the mail I immediately went to work. Within minutes, my kitchen sink was flowing freely once again.

I am a bit upset about the short listed shelf life of only two years. I'm afraid that my drain will stop up again just after the two year shelf life has expired and I will be forced to purchase a new case. Given that it is already 75 years old it seems like an unreasonable limitation, but of course I wouldn't risk going against the manufacturer's recommendation.

It certainly commands a small premium compared to other drain-cleaner products, but it is well worth the extra money!