The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.
Name
Chocolate de Domaine Gran Couva, Trinidad - 64%
Main ingredients are cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter, soya lecithin, vanilla extract.
Cocoa content: minimum 64%
cocoa
Manufacturer
Valrhona, 26600 Tain L'Hermintage, France
Packaging
The 70g chocolate bar is sealed in aluminium foil and wrapped in cardboard.
Look
The chocolate is very dark brown and appears almost black with a light red hue. The edges of the broken chocolate pieces have red and white hues.
Sound
The chocolate breaks with a clear snap sound.
Smell
The chocolate has aromas of ripe melon and guava and molasses. The intense cocoa aromas add a dark-ish twist to the smell.
Mouthfeel
The chocolate melts into a very fine liquid. During process, its surface and edges remain almost perfectly solid and even.
Taste
The initial flavour is a light sweetness. Fruity flavours of guava and melon unfold quickly towards middle and front of the tongue. Light spices such as clove, cardamom, Moroccan mint and tonka combine with the cocoa flavour at the middle and rear of the tongue.
Aftertaste
The aftertaste alight cocoa taste at the rear of the mouth with a very little astringency and bitterness.
Summary
This is a dark chocolate with very light and complex flavours of fruit and spices.
Verdict
Astringency, bitterness and sourness are (almost) completely absent in this dark chocolate. Instead it shows the very fruity and spicy notes of the cocoa. The dancing complexity of its flavour is exceptional. 5 Stars.
Dates
Lot number: LP7516239, best before 01/2018, tasted 24/09&21/10/&12/11/2017&07/01/2018
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