Italian Music Week begins, and just as the performances of the competing artists ignite the atmosphere, so too does the music in our cellar resonate among the oak barrels, making the movement of molecules more harmonious and thus improving the aging of our Elixir Falernum.
In the heart of Antica Distilleria Petrone, the liqueur made from wine and 3-year-aged brandy comes to life through a fascinating aging ritual that combines artisanal mastery and musical harmonies.
During the aging period, the liqueur is enveloped by musical notes which, generating vibrations, allow it to be gently cradled in its barrels. This sonic dance accelerates the amalgamation process of flavors, creating an extraordinary fusion between the robust taste of wine, the elegance of three-year-aged brandy, the strength of alcohol, and the enveloping sweetness of wild berries.
The first scholars of this aging phenomenon were two Austrian food and wine experts, Markus Bachmann and Thomas Koeberl, who, observing the effect of classical music in the cellar, particularly that of Mozart, believed it had extraordinary effects on wine and was able to lower sugar content and increase glycerin, making the wine drier, more mature, and with a rounder, richer, and denser flavor.
Research has established that all this is due to the effect of sound waves acting on yeast during the aging process, improving it and thus making the wine superior.
The aging of our liqueur thus becomes a tasteful score, where each component plays its own note to contribute to the final harmony.
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