Impact
Appearance 4.8 / 5
elegantly hand-packaged with stationary-quality printed-paper (no thin tinsel foil wrapping here) to make Mast Bros’ much-heralded wallpaper look like stock inventory from IKEA
elegantly hand-packaged with stationary-quality printed-paper (no thin tinsel foil wrapping here) to make Mast Bros’ much-heralded wallpaper look like stock inventory from IKEA
| Color: | on the lighter side of brown (topaz set with a little garnet) |
| Surface: | perfectly molded coat-of-arms; fat splatter on back |
| Temper: | classic semi-gloss |
| Snap: | kind |
Aroma 8.7 / 10
recessed spices & resins (very shy for a Carenero, doubly so one at 73%) centered around paprika & benzoin -> grows balsamic then clearly-expressed tamarind
Mouthfeel 12.7 / 15
| Texture: | firm |
| Melt: | prolonged |
Flavor 46.1 / 50
gets right after it on sweet chocolate -> tamarind fondue -> cookie sandwich -> tobacco tingles the T-buds into a sassafras fizz -> star anise + vanilla -> lite astringency at the back produces a narcotic numbing -> walnut
Quality 18.6 / 20
Evenly consistent with perfect pitch. Neither the deepest core nor a mere veneer either, somewhere in the middle, but beautifully appointed with delicate offsets at a gentle slope from rich centerline chocolate.
Sure-handed technique assiduously applied – easy roast / hard conche – surmount the usual Carenero landmarks (caramel for instance) while remaining true to it.
ING: cocoa mass, sugar, cacáo butter
Reviewed April 2011
Sure-handed technique assiduously applied – easy roast / hard conche – surmount the usual Carenero landmarks (caramel for instance) while remaining true to it.
ING: cocoa mass, sugar, cacáo butter
Reviewed April 2011