The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.
Name
Selva Maya
Main ingredients are cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar.
Cocoa content: minimum 75%
cocoa.
Manufacturer
Bonnat Chocolatier, BP 48, 8 cours Sénozon, 38502 Voiron Cedex, France
Packaging
The 100g chocolate bar is covered in aluminium paper and a paper envelope.
Look
The chocolate is very dark brown with a red hue at its edges.
Sound
The chocolate breaks with a clear snap sound.
Smell
The smell is clear and light cocoa aroma with some ripe fruit and sugar. As the chocolate gets warmer, the cocoa becomes more intense.
Mouthfeel
The chocolate feels very hard initially. It melts into a very fine liquid almost without becoming sticky or soft or transition.
Taste
The initial flavour is comparably bitter. Intense dark cocoa flavours with noticeable astringency develop as the chocolate melts. These are accompanied by a little fruity sourness. The slightly toasty and woody cocoa flavours are mainly in the centre and rear of the mouth. Some sour berry fruits are noticeable on the top the front of the mouth. The flavours are intense but contained and delicate. Astringency is very mild and only builds up over time.
Aftertaste
The aftertaste is mainly cocoa flavour towards the rear of the mouth that develops into some fruity notes.
Summary
This has a very good melt and mouthfeel. It has delicate flavours that emphasise the darker chocolate flavours with some sweetness and sour-ish notes.
Verdict
This is a very well crafted dark chocolate with a very good melt. It comes with delicate yet intense cocoa flavours. 5 Stars.
Dates
Lot number: A, best before 04/2020, tasted 26/05&02&16/06/&07/07/2019
