Chocolate of the Day
Goodnow Farms Chocolate
Peru Ucayali 70% (bar)
Good ++ - Good +++
Weight: .97 oz. (27.5 g.) / 1.94 oz. (55 g.) in total bar
Calories: 160 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $16.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Goodnow Farms Chocolate, online order
Welcome to Day #2 of Chocolate and Peru Theme Week.
Today's Peru Ucayali 70% (bar) was made by Goodnow Farms Chocolate (Sudbury, MA).
The company specializes in single origin bars--some with high-end flavor and/or spice inclusions. This 70% dark chocolate was part of the bean-to-bar maker's Signature Line.
Aroma notes for this award-winning chocolate included: dark chocolate with very faint, diffuse stone fruit (peach, plum) and spices notes.
Flavor notes also included: relatively complex dark chocolate (very dark brownie), faint earth/loam, yogurt, and tart-sweet fruit (sweet lemon, nectarine) in the finish. Subsequent bites revealed hints of sweet green and faint tropical fruit and spices (mangosteen, passion fruit, cardamom).
This Peru bar seemed to get more interesting with every bite.
The texture was smooth, with an appealing melt. It did have a very faint and fleeting (fruit) astringency toward the finish in the first bite. But, this feeling of "dryness"/faint graininess diminished as I re-tasted the chocolate.
Back to flavors...There was also a very slight (barely detectable) bitterness that seemed to be just out of range--providing some delicate oomph, but not interfering with the lighter and brighter sweetness.
I really enjoyed the range of subtly complex fruit notes in this well-executed palette pleaser.
I highly recommend savoring more than just one bite (1/2 bar is good) to get the full "unfolding" effect(s). I was still tasting slightly different flickers of fruit and other goodness even after several bites.
Ingredients: Single Origin Cacao Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Single Origin Cocoa Butter,
Allergen-related information: "May contain trace amounts of peanuts and tree nuts." "Soy Free, Vegan, Gluten Free"
*The department of Ucayali is named for the Ucayali River and is located inland in a rainforest area.
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