Ricco
by Agostoni
Impact
Ricco means 'rich' in Italian, & this is on the money. Loaded with lots of fat butter lipids.
Don’t lift this bar if you’re on a calorie-restricted diet, have to go to work, are driving / operating any kind of machinery, or feel pleasure-averse.
Don’t lift this bar if you’re on a calorie-restricted diet, have to go to work, are driving / operating any kind of machinery, or feel pleasure-averse.
Appearance 4.4 / 5
| Color: | a tanned strawberry blonde |
| Surface: | clean & precise |
| Temper: | just a glint |
| Snap: | hushed |
Aroma 8.9 / 10
head-on collisions involving cream, custard, pudding, mousse & meringue -> the entire mash topped by strawberry coulis -> vanilla sneaks around the bend -> aerates cotton candy
Mouthfeel 12.6 / 15
| Texture: | no yips in... |
| Melt: | ... an average clip |
Flavor 45.1 / 50
that strawberry glaze on the nose rapidly runs right over caramel-fill on the tongue -> straight MC, nothing Dark about it, somewhat mild & "white" (White Chocolate / Cream) -> vanilla colors it toward a bahri date with just a fleck of cinnamon -> pronounced dairy in the aft-shaft
Quality 16.8 / 20
Assiduous blueprint (or red 'n white print really... strawberries 'n cream) in a well-executed blend.
39% cacáo-content almost qualifies for the Dark-Milk category except the flavor of this tops out at a medium-magnitude, attenuated by lots of cream fat & cocoa butter which combine for almost half the whole bar. Together they generate that "white out" in the mid-palate. The addition of spice then nicely buttresses & colors 'em up for a practically seamless cream-cocoa butter-vanilla fusion that exceeds the sum of their parts.
Call it 'half & half & half' – a diluted Dark-Milk.
Agostoni produces scant little in the way of greatness but it apparently can do little wrong either.
Reviewed May 10, 2012
39% cacáo-content almost qualifies for the Dark-Milk category except the flavor of this tops out at a medium-magnitude, attenuated by lots of cream fat & cocoa butter which combine for almost half the whole bar. Together they generate that "white out" in the mid-palate. The addition of spice then nicely buttresses & colors 'em up for a practically seamless cream-cocoa butter-vanilla fusion that exceeds the sum of their parts.
Call it 'half & half & half' – a diluted Dark-Milk.
Agostoni produces scant little in the way of greatness but it apparently can do little wrong either.
Reviewed May 10, 2012