Acque Minerali Val Menaggio (producer)

Chiarella is a premium natural mineral water brand sourced exclusively from a single protected Alpine spring on Mount Grona, situated at nearly 1,000 metres above sea level in the mountains above Lake Como, Italy. First discovered and bottled in 1964, the company remains family-owned and has never been acquired by a larger group or blended with water from any other source — a distinction that sets it apart in the premium water category. The water filters naturally through ancient Dolomite rock over decades, arriving at the spring with a verified and consistent mineral composition characterised by high levels of calcium, magnesium, and potassium, and one of the lowest sodium concentrations of any natural mineral water in Europe. The result is a clean, crisp, and refined taste profile favoured by chefs, sommeliers, and luxury hospitality professionals. Chiarella is a certified natural mineral water, the most tightly regulated category under European bottled water classification, meaning its mineral profile is protected and verified with nothing added and nothing removed from source to bottle. The product is bottled directly at the spring in glass — a practice the company has maintained since its founding — ensuring the water reaches consumers exactly as nature produced it, with no intermediary processing steps. The brand offers still and sparkling variants in 700mL and 920mL glass bottles, available in 6-pack configurations for direct-to-consumer delivery. Glass has been the company's exclusive packaging format from its inception, chosen for its chemical inertness, its ability to preserve the natural mineral profile of the water, and its status as an endlessly recyclable material. Chiarella's flagship product line, the Symposion, takes its name from the ancient Greek tradition of communal gathering. The 700mL Symposion bottle features a glass-moulded relief of the Lake Como landscape, designed by Italian designer Lorenzo Palmeri and recognisable by touch. This bottle has received three internationally recognised design accolades: the Chicago Athenaeum's Good Design Award, the iF Design Award, and inclusion in the ADI Design Index 2021. The brand's hospitality credentials are substantial. Chiarella is the water of choice at Passalacqua — ranked the number one hotel in the world — as well as at Villa d'Este and Grand Hotel Tremezzo, two of the most celebrated luxury properties on Lake Como. Its presence on the tables of these properties underscores its positioning as a water defined not by marketing but by verifiable origin, mineral quality, and uncompromising bottling standards. The company targets premium on-trade hospitality accounts, high-end retailers, and discerning direct-to-consumer customers who prioritise provenance, mineral composition, and packaging integrity over price alone.