I’m usually pretty skeptical of marketing copy, so I when my contact at Sharffen Berger told me about the utter amazingness of their Tome Acu bar, I took it with a grain of salt.
Well, I’m a believer. And you know what, I will eat my words – as long as those words are made of Tome Acu chocolate.
Sharffen Berger Tome Acu 68% cacao
This chocolate is absolutely extraordinary. It really does taste like pears and apples, reminiscent of ice wine. There might be some apricot in there, too. I swear, it even seems juicy.
The flavour profile is lovely: top notes of dark chocolate, followed by the freshness and fruitiness of the pear and apple. And then there’s a nice, long finish on the back of your tongue and throat, and the slightest tannic pucker on your tongue.
Dark chocolate is usually associated with darker flavours – if it had to be a wine, it would be a full-bodied red. Well, this Tome Acu bar is a chilled, late harvest Vidal icewine shared with friends after a marvelous dinner party.
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Kate // January 20, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Where can you pick up this amazing sounding treat?
joemescher // January 20, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I don’t have access to any Sharffen Berger, but if you’d like to win a free box of Lake Champlain Chocolates truffles, you can enter via Twitter.
Absolutely free, no strings.
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