SILVANO D'ORBA, JULY 2025. Twenty years ago, in 2005, my father Alessandro and I set aside a grappa with extremely high organoleptic characteristics in terms of elegance, body, and structure, for aging. This grappa remained in a single, unique barrique, sealed by the Customs Office, for twenty years, and this year we decided to extract it, 155 years after the distillery's founding and 100 years after the birth of my grandmother, Susanna Gualco. I dedicate this bottle to her, a great grappaiola (grappa maker) and my unforgettable teacher. GIORGIO SOLDATINI, Owner of Distilleria Gualco in Silvano d’Orba.
Vintage: 2004
Pomace (Grape Marc): Dolcetto, Barbera, and other red grape varieties from the hills of Alto Monferrato, our area of Piedmont in Italy.
Distillation: October 2004, using the discontinuous method in our Piedmontese bain-marie still.
Barrique: Garbellotto B7 Barrique, 225 l. capacity, made of medium-toasted acacia wood.
Aging: From February 2, 2005, to May 7, 2025, under customs seal for 20 years and 3 months (7399 days).
Aging Loss (The Angels' Share): 65 hydrated liters, 47 anhydrous liters.
Result: 160 liters 49% vol.alc.
110 bottles 700 ml. numbered on both the label and the wooden box.
208 bottles 350 ml. numbered on both the label and the wooden box.
208 Mignon bottles 50 ml. numbered on both the label and the wooden box.
The product will be presented at the distillery on Saturday, November 8, and Sunday, November 9, 2025, during our annual festival and will be available from this date until sold out.
| Raw material: | Red pomace of Dolcetto, Barbera, and other red grape varieties, 2004 Vintage |
| Distillation method: | Piedmontese bain-marie still (Discontinuous method) |
| Aging: | 20 years in acacia barrique |
| Alcohol: | 49% vol. |
| Type of bottle: | 350 ml. with numbered label and wooden box |
| Organoleptic test: | Colour: Dark Amber, derived from the medium-toasted acacia barrique, used for the first and only passage for 7399 days. |
