Tasting

Even consumers with an exceptional palate would be astonished to discover the range of nuances that describe the aromatic profile of a chocolate. Using chromatographic techniques, scientists have officially established over 400 aromatic notes in our black gourmet fruit. Chocolate experts, however, use only a limited number of characteristics—about fifty—to draw up the profile of a chocolate. Let us take a voyage into the heart of these aromas.

Major producers have developed customized tasting criteria, but all take the words of wine tasting as inspiration. And this is quite logical, for the yeasts and bacteria that play a role in the development of the aromas of chocolate and wine are identical.