The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.
Name
Belu Chocolate Bar 70
Main ingredients are cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soya lecithin, natural vanilla flavouring.
Cocoa content: minimum 70.1%
cocoa
Manufacturer
Chocolaterie Beluga, Viktualienmarkt 6, 80331 München, Germany
Packaging
The square 60g chocolate bar is wrapped and sealed in transparent plastic wrap.
Look
The chocolate is dark-brown with a light hue of red-brown at some edges whereas other edges have white shimmer.
Sound
The chocolate breaks with a clear snap sound (and is actually quite hard to break).
Smell
The smell is sweetness, light hints of coffee aroma, and cocoa. The warmer the chocolates becomes in the hands, the stronger the cocoa aroma unfolds.
Mouthfeel
First, the chocolate is very solid but until it melts into a fine liquid. It maintains an even structure but feels more softly. The rice pops add a bit of crunchy texture but also seduce to chew the chocolate rather than letting it melt
Taste
The flavour unfolds once the chocolate has started melting. Its initial flavour is an earthy, coffee-ish cocoa flavour. A mild bitterness unfolds that is slowly countered by a balanced sweetness. The sweet note becomes slightly too strong over time compared to the bitterness.
Aftertaste
The aftertaste is dominated by the cocoa's bitterness and the chocolate's sweetness. It is mainly present in the upper part/palate. A more cocoa-like flavour develops in the rear of the mouth.
Summary
This dark chocolate is slightly dark, earthy and coffee-like in flavour. It has a balanced sweetness that counters the cocoa's bitterness and astringency.
Verdict
This chocolate is well conched and emphasises the more earthy notes. However, the rice pops do not contribute to its flavour but rather seduce you to bite the chocolate. Thereby, the chocolate gets eaten faster and its flavours cannot unfold but are reduced to mild bitterness and sugar. 3 Stars.
Dates
Best before 19/01/2018, tasted 15&19&27/08/2017
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