This week I discovered Domori's 70% Madagascar, a very curious chocolate bar. Domori is an Italian brand of chocolate that offers several excellent lines of single cru bars as well as blended origin bars. I happed upon their 70% Madagascar bar, which is a blend of trinitario and criollo cacao, in doing some taste tests for an event I'm doing next week. Here are some tasting notes:

Domori 70% Madagascar: The color of this dark chocolate Madagascar origin bar is a characteristically light, bright brown color, just as is often seen from Madagascar cacao. In general, dark chocolate of Madagascar origin is light colored enough to be mistaken as milk chocolate. But that's not what was so curious about it. What amazed me about this bar is the fact that it tastes just like strawberry bubblegum. That said, it is, indeed, pure chocolate, with no added flavorings. While the smell is most reminiscent of cinnamon and spice, the taste starts right out with a powerful candy berry zing that continues through as it melts, with a tiny bit of anise that comes through around 4 or 5 seconds into the melting process. The bar is delightfully smooth with an even, creamy mouthfeel that is just right to coat your entire palette with its powerful berry aromas.

All in all, this bar was incredibly fun to taste. Domori is a brand that I have not explored very much up until now. Based on how unique the Madagascar bar is, I've picked out several bars to be next on my list, including Domori's 100% Single Cru Line, and the 70% Ecuador.