Seventy% - Topic: Valrhona vintage 2003s

Martin Christy on Valrhona vintage 2003s

Sun, 16 May 2004 23:12:28 +0000

That's great to hear - I've been dissapointed by the Valrhona Chuaos up until now, apart from the very first year. I have a bar here for review ... must try it soon, but so many to catch up on!

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blakej on Valrhona vintage 2003s

Sun, 16 May 2004 07:17:19 +0000

My local chocolate retailers finally started stocking the 2003 vintage bars a few weeks ago. I had a little bit of a 2002 Valrhona Chuao bar that I'd saved for the occasion, so I could do a comparison.

The result: A huge difference! While the 2002 is slightly fruity and smooth as Valrhona always is, the 2003 has a lot more of the bright red fruit and blueberry flavor that Amedei's Chuao has. I could never understand what the big deal about the Chuao plantation was when I'd only tried the 2002, but the 2003 is a lot more convincing. (Amedei's makes the big deal very clear IMHO, but that's a separate topic.)

Has anyone else noticed this? Is my 2002 bar just past its prime? Its best-by date is January 2004, so.

Seventy% on Valrhona vintage 2003s

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:16:35 +0000

We should be getting samples any day now, with reviews to follow just as soon as we can.

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morton peto on Valrhona vintage 2003s

Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:20:42 +0000

Why not review these bars on the website? They are quite widely available.

Apologies if there are already plans to do this.