Review: Organic Dark Chocolate 70% (Irma)

I picked up this bar at Irma one of the nicer supermarkets in the Copenhagen area. As with their white chocolate, which I reviewed earlier, I was not able locate any production info other than it was produced in Germany, though I suspect that it might be produced at Ludwig Weinrich, who is known for producing the VIVANI organic series. At least some of the other bars in the Irma private label range state that they were produced there, such as the milk chocolate one.

In contrast to the white chocolate I am not too fond of this wrapper as I don’t find the brown and reddish colours very attractive. The bar itself looks Ok, but perhaps more shine would be desirable. Appearance: 7.5 out of 10.

The aroma is very nice, has good sweetness to it and the cocoa comes clearly and cleanly through. There are also hints of smoke. Aroma: 8 out of 10.

The bar has quite excellent snap both when breaking and biting into it. The melt is quite nice as well. Texture: 9 out of 10.

The flavour comes in several stages. Initially there is a good full bodied flavour of cocoa as well as sweetness. The sweetness continues and is then complemented by medium fruit which is quite nice indeed. Though fruit is present it does somewhat lack in acidity. Finally, a long aftertaste with pleasant bitterness which is quite an achievement. This chocolate contains muscovado sugar, though I was not able to taste that very distinctively. The wrapper also states that the chocolate contains cocoa powder and this makes me curious as to why this is done. Overall I find this to be a fairly well crafted chocolate.
Flavour: 8 out of 10.

Average: 8, 125 out of 10.