Impact
With apologies to Norman Mailer & Gary Gilmore, an Exectutioner's Song composed by Franck Morin, scion to the A. Morin chocolate dynasty.
In this cautionary tale, an innocent bar gets sent to the gallows, seemingly flogged by spices beforehand.
Either way, Morin just kills it.
In this cautionary tale, an innocent bar gets sent to the gallows, seemingly flogged by spices beforehand.
Either way, Morin just kills it.
Appearance 4.7 / 5
| Color: | dark crimson brown |
| Surface: | nearly flawless save for brush swales on the back |
| Temper: | semi-glint |
| Snap: | strong sheer thanks to a hefty 100g pour |
Aroma 7.1 / 10
practically hangs itself by its own rope (fiber, twine, jute, sisal), the slipknot greased with macadamia nut oil wrapped around a baleful of straw/hay dangling from a tall dried hardwood peppered in overhanging spices
low beneath a little wet horse that hoisted all this up there in the first place
low beneath a little wet horse that hoisted all this up there in the first place
Mouthfeel 11.8 / 15
| Texture: | Morin's trademark wax attack |
| Melt: | minute grit at the very end |
Flavor 43.6 / 50
entrance on red-chocolate (mamey sapote-on-cocoa) -> baked brownie -> first spice (sassafras), then a tingling sechuan pepper -> torrent of licorice / molasses -> red spice (cinnamon / cayenne - rare) mercifully balmed in cream -> late-surging Oreo® sandwich (of some charred edges) -> peters out to those ropes of Aroma but with a twist: ginger -> cocoa-woods in the aft-burner
Quality 14.9 / 20
So very Maracaibo... Sur del Lago (literally "South of the Lake" in Spanish... in this case Lake Maracaibo) yet unbalanced.
Damn hot as in endothermic chocolate. Nothing fiery but enough to numb the tip of the tongue.
Feels suspiciously manipulated. Sur del Lago usually comes equipped with onboard spices inherent to the cacáo type itself. This just goes overboard with them, including that flyspeck in the Texture to suggest something foreign fell into the mix.
Good nonetheless, although unnaturally / artificially curious.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, lecithin
Reviewed January 13, 2013
Damn hot as in endothermic chocolate. Nothing fiery but enough to numb the tip of the tongue.
Feels suspiciously manipulated. Sur del Lago usually comes equipped with onboard spices inherent to the cacáo type itself. This just goes overboard with them, including that flyspeck in the Texture to suggest something foreign fell into the mix.
Good nonetheless, although unnaturally / artificially curious.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, lecithin
Reviewed January 13, 2013