Vénézuela

Pralus

PERCENT: min 75% Cacao

CACAO BEANS:  Trinitario

ORIGIN OF CACAO:  Venezuela

Latitude: 9 degrees 15'N, Longitude: 67 degrees 13'W

COUNTRY OF MANUACTURE:  France

CHOCOLATIER: François Pralus

CHOCOLATIER'S TASTING NOTES:

Powerful and heady nose, aromas of grilled butter and liquorice, bitter, persistent on the palate.

OUR NOTES:

I don't notice the liquorice, or much bitterness, but I love this chocolate's rich taste that carries a suggestion of buttered toast! Facinating and delicious. Venezuela has a historical reputation for fine chocolate. Because of this, chocolate of this origin seems to vary from superb to pretty awful. Just because it's from Venezuela doesn't mean much. But this worthy bar makes me realize how Venezuela may have gotten that reputation.