Acetaia Leonardi La Corte Gift Box

Anyone who loves balsamic vinegar will appreciate this elegant wooden gift box with a hand-blown cruet (container) inside. La Corte is a balsamic condiment aged for five years where it develops deep notes of raisins, dried cherries and toffee. Its medium-syrupy body and complex sweet-and-savory profile make it a great finishing condiment for steaks and grilled meats, roasted root vegetables, poached fruit or gelato.

There are over 300 producers of balsamic vinegar in Modena, but the Leonardi family is truly special. They have been making balsamic vinegar since 1871 and are still one of the few producers to own the land where the grapes grow. Four generations in, the Leonardi family is still making this prized elixir using traditional methods, such as cooking the Lambrusco and Trebbiano grape must in a copper cauldron and aging the vinegar in specific kinds of wooden barrels. The result is a perfectly balanced vinegar worthy of the name balsamico.