Dallmayr - Cantucci al Cacao e Nocciola

The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.

Name

Cantucci al Cacao e Nocciola - Hazelnut and cocoa biscuits
Main ingredients are wheat, sugar, hazelnuts (23%), eggs, margarine, butter
Cocoa content: 4%

Manufacturer

Manufactured in Italy (hand made according to label) for: Alois Dallmayr KG, 80331 München, Germany

Packaging

The 250g load of biscuits is sealed in plastic. A cardboard label is attached above the seal.

Look

The biscuits are dark brown with a few sprinkles of sugar on the sides. Whole hazelnuts are visible in the fluffy dough.

Sound

The biscuits are hard as cantucci should be. They make a loud "crack" sound when broken.

Smell

The biscuits have a warm hazelnut and cocoa smell.

Mouthfeel

These biscuits are very crunchy. After chewing the first bits, the dough still feels light.

Taste

The initial taste is very sweet when you feel the sugar on the outside. When crunching through the biscuits, they develop cocoa and roasted hazelnut flavours.

Aftertaste

The biscuits have a light cocoa aftertaste with a mild roasted note from the hazelnuts.

Summary

These biscuits are crunchy and sweet with a nicely balanced, mild flavour of cocoa and hazelnut.

Verdict

These are well-executed cantucci style biscuits. They come with solid crunch from start to finish and are nicely balanced between sweetness, cocoa and warming hazelnut flavours.

Dates

Lot number: 070815, best before 07 April 2016, tasted 24 January 2016