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General Category => Reviews => Topic started by: drterror666 on November 17, 2010, 02:57:45 pm

Title: Valrhona 85% Grand Cru Abinao Bar 70g
Post by: drterror666 on November 17, 2010, 02:57:45 pm

(http://www.valrhona-chocolate.com/thumbnail.asp?file=assets/images/valrhona-products/tabletsbarssquares/grandscrus70g/6757_1.jpg&maxx=291&maxy=290)

Valrhona (http://www.valrhona.com/us#/accueil/)

At 85% cocoa solids, this is one of the darkest bars that Valrhona produce.  Made from African cacao, it's also one of the most delicious I've ever tasted.  There is a hint of red fruit and woodiness, but the flavour is dominated by dark, tobacco notes.  Even though it has such a high cocoa content, the chocolate is quite melt-in-the-mouth because of the amount of cocoa butter used.  It also leaves little trace of acidity.  This is very close to perfect chocolate heaven.

I love this bar and give it 9/10

Available at:
Chocolate Trading Co. (http://www.chocolatetradingco.com/buy/abinao-85-dark-chocolate-bar?by=cat&c=1058&o=2&p=1) - £3.45

Title: Re: Valrhona 85% Grand Cru Abinao Bar 70g
Post by: chocadmin on November 27, 2010, 08:37:29 pm

This weekend will be the big Valrhona update on CR. At least 10 Valrhona bars going up for voting/reviewing.