Baoning Handcrafted Black Vinegar, 10 Year

  Sichuan's Baoning vinegar is one of the Four Famous Vinegars of China and is the vinegar of choice for Sichuan dishes. We are the exclusive importers of three handmade Baoning vinegars, a 3-year blend, this 10-year single-batch vinegar and a super-premium 20 year.  All of the Baoning vinegars are deep red-brown and full-bodied, and the taste is more savory than sweet. The multigrain composition—rice, bran, wheat, corn, sorghum and buckwheat—hits the nose and palate in unfamiliar but intriguing ways. Each of the vinegars has a slightly different mix of the grains, and they all have a very small amount of sugar. No caramel color or flavor additives or preservatives are necessary.  Part of the intrigue also turns out to be the fermentation starter, which, uniquely among Chinese vinegars, is created from more than 60 Chinese spices and medicinal herbs. The vinegar then ferments in aged earthenware crocks that carry decades of microbes in their walls, infusing it with the unique taste of