70%
70% with Nibs
70% with Sea Salt
by Montecristi
Impact
Sourced from the Fortaleza del Valle co-op by a princess of cacáo & an impresario of chocolate -- Susana Cárdenas, whose resplendence -- both sartorial & intrinisic -- is reflected in this bar.
She so deeply passionate & thoroughly captivating of the matter & manner of all things chocolate to personify Pedro Calderon de la Barca's maxim: When love is not madness, it is not love.
She so deeply passionate & thoroughly captivating of the matter & manner of all things chocolate to personify Pedro Calderon de la Barca's maxim: When love is not madness, it is not love.
Appearance 4.1 / 5
| Color: | pink-eyed brown |
| Surface: | swirly (70%) or studly (sprinkled with Nibs) & sparky (Sea Salt) |
| Temper: | coy... |
| Snap: | ... ditto |
Aroma 7.8 / 10
dry-stone pertrifies a once dripping ferment into pining bromeliads & cottoned florals
add ishpinga in parts &, with the sea-salted bar, raisin + melon(!!)
add ishpinga in parts &, with the sea-salted bar, raisin + melon(!!)
Mouthfeel 12.6 / 15
| Texture: | twixt smooth & crunch... |
| Melt: | .... ergo wayward at times |
Flavor 44.9 / 50
70%
orange blossom zing expresses orange juice -> rolls over to stoned-cocoa backed in a clear / clean bitter (quite welcome) -> swabs up more florals (hibiscus) around a mallow root (terrific) -> citrus caramel
70% with Nibs
splashes right in on blackberry chocolate, immediate & pronounced attack, supported by wooded nut faction... holds its demeanor despite Nibs buttressing the frame with some twine from vine (the latter producing a soffitted grape) -> cottons up a late-breaking white petal -> aft-tone bromeliad
70% with Sea Salt
another instant attack, salt just lifting the compounds in the profile, mostly basal cocoa at the entrance shifting to a granadilla-level citrus -> final salt bath tilts toward chocolate martini
orange blossom zing expresses orange juice -> rolls over to stoned-cocoa backed in a clear / clean bitter (quite welcome) -> swabs up more florals (hibiscus) around a mallow root (terrific) -> citrus caramel
70% with Nibs
splashes right in on blackberry chocolate, immediate & pronounced attack, supported by wooded nut faction... holds its demeanor despite Nibs buttressing the frame with some twine from vine (the latter producing a soffitted grape) -> cottons up a late-breaking white petal -> aft-tone bromeliad
70% with Sea Salt
another instant attack, salt just lifting the compounds in the profile, mostly basal cocoa at the entrance shifting to a granadilla-level citrus -> final salt bath tilts toward chocolate martini
Quality 16.7 / 20
Pretty true to type in all ways.
Wow, that 70% just a perfumery of fragrance; tantalizing & seductive in its Flavor as well Textural caresses. A damn-near masterwork.
The other 2 show distinct sides of this cacáo. One (Nibs) bolder while the other transmutes florals with salt to effectively vaporize them in a cocktail.
For Montecristi, a most promising start.
Reviewed July 15, 2016
Wow, that 70% just a perfumery of fragrance; tantalizing & seductive in its Flavor as well Textural caresses. A damn-near masterwork.
The other 2 show distinct sides of this cacáo. One (Nibs) bolder while the other transmutes florals with salt to effectively vaporize them in a cocktail.
For Montecristi, a most promising start.
Reviewed July 15, 2016