Catongo
by Lajedo do Ouro
Impact
Fabled Catongo.
Manifold are its tales; few are its tastes. Such is its mystique.
Finally captured & rendered into a chocolate for daily fare.
Manifold are its tales; few are its tastes. Such is its mystique.
Finally captured & rendered into a chocolate for daily fare.
Appearance 3.7 / 5
| Color: | milk chocolate |
| Surface: | worn & weary |
| Temper: | smudged |
| Snap: | tiny but sharp click |
Aroma 8.1 / 10
bilingually dumbfounding:
flowers sell with chocolate well
chocolate & cheese pair in the nouveau scene
but a florist tucked deep within the recesses of a fromagerie? sans chocolate? hmmm
eventuates an intriguing butter-nut-scotch (yes)
flowers sell with chocolate well
chocolate & cheese pair in the nouveau scene
but a florist tucked deep within the recesses of a fromagerie? sans chocolate? hmmm
eventuates an intriguing butter-nut-scotch (yes)
Mouthfeel 12 / 15
| Texture: | waxen |
| Melt: | extended |
Flavor 44.6 / 50
plain sweet note (as if pure sucrose) -> meek choc, anear its Milk Choc color / character -> oh-so-soft tannin, carrying subtle bitter -> white fruit cream (superb biriba) mixed with that bitter yields the caramel-cream inflected abui -> mite (as in practically imperceptible) cola / sassafras -> more Milk Choc, this time laden with a malted-cocoa hit
Quality 17.4 / 20
Studied, steady, & stupefied.
Draws obvious parallels to Porcelana (since each is pigment-challenged) & less obviously to Guasare. Comparisons to both are apt.
This & those exhibit very mild-mannered flavor, perhaps excessively so. A taste that requires sensitivity-traiing; i.e., unfit for those who like their mouths washed out with a bar of soap rather than a chocolate bar & prefer thorns over roses.
All others, Lajedo do Ouro presents a Catongo secreting enough Milk Choc overtones to engage in some 'goo goo ga ga' baby-talk between nips.
Trust that that tastes much better than it sounds.
Reviewed November 15, 2012
Draws obvious parallels to Porcelana (since each is pigment-challenged) & less obviously to Guasare. Comparisons to both are apt.
This & those exhibit very mild-mannered flavor, perhaps excessively so. A taste that requires sensitivity-traiing; i.e., unfit for those who like their mouths washed out with a bar of soap rather than a chocolate bar & prefer thorns over roses.
All others, Lajedo do Ouro presents a Catongo secreting enough Milk Choc overtones to engage in some 'goo goo ga ga' baby-talk between nips.
Trust that that tastes much better than it sounds.
Reviewed November 15, 2012