Impact
Appearance 3.9 / 5
other than the color, short of Vestri’s best; looks worn in a rugged way
other than the color, short of Vestri’s best; looks worn in a rugged way
| Color: | camel on sandstone |
| Surface: | murky print; backside swirls |
| Temper: | smudged |
| Snap: | the soft peal of erosion; granular edge |
Aroma 8.8 / 10
huge aeronautics: 1st waft a golden scent of hazelnut oil to support billowing White Chocolate cream
Mouthfeel 12.1 / 15
| Texture: | clumped wax |
| Melt: | procrastinator |
Flavor 45.3 / 50
WUSIWUG (What U Sniff Is What U Get): seamless continuum from aroma to taste... gi-normous cream & butter shimmer into the after-glow of a hazelnut-paste infiltration for stealthy gianduja FXs -> vanilla forges bonds toward more identifiable Milk Chocolate though still without caramel -> all densely & richly interconnect for a umami hit at the bottom
Quality 18.6 / 20
Muted – 34% fools of a high percentage mostly on account of the lion’s share being cacáo butter, making for one of the softer-flavored Milks around (the CQ-metric or Chocolate Quotient reflecting mostly White Chocolate).
Instead Vestri communicates in a private language of sorts, distorting traditional Milk Chocolate (with its typical caramel roll) for one of subliminal grace - & a paired opposite to the heavy-bodied Texture - until the finish when that dappling gianduja-spread hits savory bottom.
This another bar in which hazelnut sneaks up unannounced (for comparison see what amounts to Bernachon’s version of a Dark-Milk in Jour et Nuit). Hazelnut serves to tilt the profile & extend the length, adding heft to an otherwise over-creamed sensation as well as tone back & circumscribe the sugar.
ING: sugar, cacáo butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, hazelnut, vanilla, lecithin
Reviewed Summer 2009
Instead Vestri communicates in a private language of sorts, distorting traditional Milk Chocolate (with its typical caramel roll) for one of subliminal grace - & a paired opposite to the heavy-bodied Texture - until the finish when that dappling gianduja-spread hits savory bottom.
This another bar in which hazelnut sneaks up unannounced (for comparison see what amounts to Bernachon’s version of a Dark-Milk in Jour et Nuit). Hazelnut serves to tilt the profile & extend the length, adding heft to an otherwise over-creamed sensation as well as tone back & circumscribe the sugar.
ING: sugar, cacáo butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, hazelnut, vanilla, lecithin
Reviewed Summer 2009