The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.
Name
100% Dark Chocolate Bar
Main ingredients are 100%
Guittard dark chocolate.
Cocoa content: minimum 44%
cocoa solids
Manufacturer
paul.a.young fine chocolates, 143 Wardour St, SOHO, London, W1F 8WA, United Kingdom
Packaging
The chocolate is wrapped and sealed in transparent plastic wrap.
Look
The chocolate is very dark brown with a reddish hue at its edges.
Sound
The chocolate is hard to break but when it does, it breaks clearly in one snap.
Smell
There intensive cocoa aromas and fruity aromas of raisins.
Mouthfeel
The chocolate feels solid initially but becomes softer quickly. It feels slightly creamy and soft to touch before melting into a very fine liquid.
Taste
The chocolate requires a bit of time before it unfolds its flavours. It starts with dark cocoa flavours and a mild bitterness and astringency that are building up gradually. There is a subliminal sourness that comes to the foreground when swallowed or moving and leaves a little sore sensation.
Aftertaste
The aftertaste is mainly astringency and the hint of sourness.
Summary
This has deep and dark-ish flavours of cocoa that are very intensive. Its flavours are dominated by dark cocoa, bitterness and hints of sourness.
Verdict
The chocolate is very well conched and melts very smoothly. It emphasises the dark cocoa notes of the cocoa. However, as the astringency and bitterness are building up, they have a tendency to entirely dominate the flavour. Thus, the cocoa and possibly fruity notes are hard to detect. Also, there is a little sour note in the chocolate that leaves a sore sensation on the tongue. 4 Stars.
Dates
Lot number: S14129, best before 01/09/2018, tasted 29/04&05&27/05/2018
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