No, balsamic vinegar is not necessarily aged vinegar. Aged vinegar refers to balsamic vinegar that has been placed for a long time, usually at least three years. And balsamic vinegar is made due to the fermentation of rice, which is rich in minerals and many kinds of amino acids.

When choosing vinegar, if you want to choose aged vinegar, because aged vinegar tastes better compared to balsamic vinegar, and after longer fermentation, its nutritional value is higher than that of balsamic vinegar, and it has a better hypolipidemic effect.

So, aged vinegar is a kind of balsamic vinegar, but balsamic vinegar is not necessarily aged vinegar.