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Palmira / El Pedregal

by Valrhona
Info Details
Country France   
Type Semi-Dark   (64%)
Strain Porcelana   (Criollo)
Source Venezuela   (El Pedregal Estate)
Flavor Earthen   (w/ Fruits/Flowers)
Style Classic      
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Reserved & a bit lost off the reservation... The Marlboro Man drooping in gaucho saddle buffed with beeswax, carrying a pack of smokes & sack of trail mix.
Appearance   4.4 / 5
Color: tan tangerine dream
Surface: smooth face covers for craters & bubbles underneath
Temper: mirror
Snap: hiss, sizzle & a cracker
Aroma   7.7 / 10
calm confidence: Val going for gianduja signatures these days, here an almond variant backed in leather -> tobacco -> orange blossom honeydew
Mouthfeel   11.6 / 15
Texture: putty cream
Melt: semi-resistant
Flavor   40.2 / 50
reverse Valrhona sequence – starts nutty (almond) -> cinnamon / vanilla / honey highlight -> charges into tart orange plume sliding over an off bees-waxed leather -> settling on quick apple malic for aspartame melon finish surrounded in smoke
Quality   16.3 / 20
Reputed thoroughbred bean of good nature (Val alternately releases this, depending on region, under the labels Palmira and El Pedregal). Either way, the bar is jockeyed by Val’s light-handed nurturing techniques – relatively high brown sugar / low roast - cacáo butter - vanilla dose – make for well-balanced bar going... nowhere.

  

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