R Chocolate - House Dark 70%

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