Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Michel Cluizel Plantation "Concepcion" Noir Venezuela

This chocolate smells better than it tastes. To my delight it smelled warm and woody. Closer to my nostrils I got a whiff of the rich cocoa underneath the woody notes. It smelled bitter yet balanced and neither warm nor brittle.

The taste was strangely out of proportion. Somehow it didn't have much of a cocoa taste. It was more like a sugar fix than real chocolate. It has a hint of berries but it's too sweet to taste what else is going on. You expect something else to emerge but all you get is medium bodied cocoa.

The texture was hard yet smooth. It melts too slowly. When your tongue tries to sauce it up all you get is liquid. You'd have to be patient not to chew it.

This chocolate was like drinking lemonade when you want a stout. It's good but not quite what you're looking for.

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