Vinte Vinte – Marañón, Peru 100%

About the bar

This 100% bar gives gentle floral notes with slight bitterness and acidity, balanced with a hint of roasted nuts. The beans used to produce this perfect blend are sourced from Peru, a mixture of pure national and 40% white beans, genetically proved to be native to Peru.

About the maker

In the heart of Porto, you’ll find the incredible craft chocolate makers, Vinte Vinte – with an aim of producing some of the finest quality chocolate. Their name sake is based on where they source their beans – all their cacao comes from farms within 20 degrees north or south of the equator – the ideal growing conditions for cacao.

The beans

In the early twentieth century, the Puro Nacional, a variety of exceptional Ecuadorian cocoa bean, was declared to be extinct after disease had ravaged the area. But in 2007, two Americans who were in the area supplying equipment to local mining companies in the Marañón Valley, Peru, stumbled upon a strange cocoa tree. They sent the fruit off for DNA analysis, which confirmed that the new beans were pure strains of the old Puro Nacional. This exceptionally rare cocoa bean is now cultivated in the valley and imbues each bar with beautiful elegance and complexity.

Allergens*

May contain soybeans, may contain milk, may contain nuts

Ingredients

Cocoa beans

*Allergen advice: We directly import, and purchase, all products from independent makers and have these shipped by our partner warehouse (which is not certified allergen-free), and so we cannot guarantee that any product will be allergen-free. Even where an allergen is not listed, products may have been produced, shipped, or stored in facilities which handle allergens.

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