Chestnut honey is rich in fructose and remains liquid for a long time. The colour goes from a dark amber to almost black. It has a strong penetrating aroma of wood, and those who know tannin will recognise it in traces. The flavour is similar to the fragrance, initially pungent, then decidedly bitter. Chestnut honey is rich in pollen grains, which the male chestnut flower produces in great quantity. This pollen, impalpable, spreads everywhere, even in the nectar collected by the bees.
This is a special honey that is appreciated by people who do not like very sweet tastes.
 

 If conditions permit it, chestnut trees will grow to an imposing size. The 'a thousand horses' chestnut tree on the Etna volcano is three thousand years old and one of its three trunks measures 22 metres around. If the tree is cut repeatedly for wood, on the other hand, it will grow to a smaller size and split into many slender shoots (called scions).