The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.
Name
House Dark 70%
Main ingredients are cocoa kernel, cane sugar, and cocoa butter.
Cocoa content: minimum 70%
cocoa
Manufacturer
R Chocolate, 198 Ebury St, Belgravia, London, SW1W 8UN, United Kingdom
Packaging
The chocolate is wrapped in aluminium foil and a red paper sleeve.
Look
The chocolate is very dark brown with a black-ish hint. The edges appear with a white shimmer. The bar has some moulding air bubbles on the surface.
Sound
The chocolate breaks with a clear snap sound.
Smell
Opening the package releases an immediate cold-ish cocoa and fruity cane sugar aroma.
Mouthfeel
The chocolate melts slowly into a very fine liquid. The edges remain almost solid before melting into a liquid.
Taste
There is a brief bitter punch and an initial sweet flavour until the two mix and a more bitter, earthy flavour develops. As the chocolate melts, the fine liquid releases very warming cocoa flavours with hints of deep roasted walnuts and fruity hints of dried cherry and raisins towards the rear of the mouth. The cane sugar balances the bitterness but it may leave the feeling of sourness of the tongue.
Aftertaste
The aftertaste is a mixture of some sweetness in the centre of the mouth, cocoa flavours at the rear, a subtle bitterness of roasted walnuts that is almost in the throat.
Summary
This is a very well conched dark chocolate some flavours of roasted nuts, mild bitterness, very little astringency and a balanced sweetness. The is some sourness that may tickle the tongue.
Verdict
The chocolate melts abruptly from solid to liquid without any stickiness or softness. It has flavours of roasted nuts and the bitterness of walnuts and some hints of fruity notes. There are some subtle notes of sourness that may leave a tickling flavour on the tongue. 4 Stars.
Dates
Best before 22/11/2018, tasted 09&16&30/09/2018
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