Impact
Puts you in a very good place, flooding the pleasure zone, sending T-buds ('T' for Taste) on a chocolate vacation to a luxotic all-inclusive resort with fruit frescos framed by shades to shield the glare of the solar flares.
Appearance 5 / 5
a real looker
a real looker
Color: | beauty bar; warm titian complexion |
Surface: | unblemished |
Temper: | facial-makeup quality matte |
Snap: | perfectly-pitched voice: strong & confident & just the right lilt |
Aroma 8.1 / 10
a luft-wafter right out of the wrapper: kindling mahogany oak, almond oil, + indescribable cocoa butter w/ spiced red plum right in the center... heated up by coffee
Mouthfeel 13.9 / 15
Texture: | light frame; super smooth & round (perhaps a tad too much lecithin) |
Melt: | classic flow; clears clean in a leave-no-trace behind evacuation |
Flavor 46.8 / 50
catches rapid jasmine / papaya blossoms -> resonating chocolate -> soft & moist cocoa dust -> dried papaya -> buttered biscuit-batter to breadfruit -> unexpected but not unwelcome bitter almond for added depth & contrast -> sparkles up chocolate cardamom -> shocking frangipani at the bottom invaginates persimmon offshoot (backcross to the opening) & floods the pleasure zone -> buttermilk chocolate analogue cased in more almond & bit of hazelnut on a caramel roll to lingering indeterminacy
Quality 18.6 / 20
Venezuela has been slipping in the polls lately. This helps restore its standing. Vestri in this range is pastel light, breezy, & gauzy with warmth all around (midpoint processing almost the whole way thru, showing skills in every pocket) yet the duration & underlying chocolate stamina packs the scales (the body & under-riding chocolate of either Rio Caribe or SdL to the topside of Carenero) making this quite origin-correct, & once again validates Vestri's credentials as master of the semisweet, which is how this bar feels notwithstanding 72% cacáo weight.
ING: cocoa mass, sugar, cacáo butter, vanilla, soya lecithin; CBS 5:9:6
ING: cocoa mass, sugar, cacáo butter, vanilla, soya lecithin; CBS 5:9:6