Description
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PDO Extra Vecchio “Della Nonna” Collection 2024 – 100ml.
This rare and inimitable selection, with a history stretching back over a century, is a true treasure passed down from generation to generation. Just 27 small bottles are drawn each year from a certified cask dating back to 1849, preserving the purest essence of tradition. Every drop is a journey through time, an unrivalled sensory experience.
Aromatic Notes:
Deep and enveloping, with warm, balsamic notes and hints of aged wood and dried fruit. Silky and lingering, it offers a complex, well-structured harmony, evoking the grandeur of tradition.
Food Pairings:
Best enjoyed neat, using a porcelain teaspoon, to fully appreciate its true essence. A treasure to be cherished, a legacy to be passed down.
Hand-painted wooden box
ART MEETS TRADITION
Each gift box is a hand-painted masterpiece by the artist MariaLuisa Bergamini, lending a unique character to the rarest selections of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PDO. A perfect blend of craftsmanship and refinement, ideal as an exclusive gift or to celebrate the most special occasions.
The box, in addition to containing the 100 ml Giugiaro Design bottle, includes a colour-illustrated recipe booklet in five languages, a blown-glass measuring cap and, depending on the selection, a porcelain tasting spoon or a parchment certificate of authenticity, for an experience that goes beyond taste.
2024 – Nativity scene – Portal panel – Nonantola Abbey (MO)
The 2024 packaging celebrates one of the most striking examples of Romanesque art in Emilia: the Nativity scene carved into the portal panel of Nonantola Abbey, created around 1117 by Wiligelmo and his pupils, commissioned by Abbot Rodolfo. The Abbey, situated in the sculptor’s hometown, houses these works, which still convey a profound sense of sacredness and simplicity today.
The panel depicts the moment when the Baby Jesus, wrapped in swaddling clothes, is laid in the manger, in accordance with the Gospel passage from Luke (2:7):
“She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger in a stable, because there was no room for them.”
The composition is framed by two arches with circular floral decorations that draw the eye to the center of the scene. Here, the heads of the ox and the donkey touch and lean toward the Child, enclosed in a richly decorated manger. The figures are stylized, devoid of a defined environmental context, in keeping with the symbolic language of Romanesque art, which aimed to convey spiritual rather than realistic meanings.
MariaLuisa, wife of “the Founder” Eugenio Barbieri, reinterpreted this scene with her unmistakable mixed technique of pyrography and oil paints, maintaining the linearity and stylization of the original. The result is a simple yet meaningful iconographic image, where the engraved lines recall the solemnity and purity of the original scene. The colors, applied with discretion, enhance the decorative details of the arches and the manger, while the ox and the donkey emerge as silent guardians of the newborn.
This representation, so simple and intense, recalls the values of simplicity and dedication that also underpin the production of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. Just as the Nativity scene celebrates birth and purity, Balsamic Vinegar is born from simple ingredients that, through time and care, are transformed into a precious product.
The NONNA 2024 Collection therefore pays homage not only to a masterpiece of Romanesque art, but also to the essence of patience and dedication that unite Modena’s art and tradition.
