Appreciate It Like A Fine Wine (Lindt Excellence Dark Chocolate)

Member Name: janharper

Product:	Lindt Excellence Dark Chocolate
Date:	14/05/08 (139 review reads)
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Advantages: Aromatic, flavousome quality

Disadvantages: Expensive

Lindt Excellence is a very dark, fragrant chocolate made with 70% cocoa. A 100g bar costs around £1.39 if you are lucky enough to find it.

Not all supermarkets, newsagent shops, garages, etc stock this amazingly tasty chocolate. I did manage to find some in a large newsagent, though. Perhaps this depends on where in the country you live.

The packaging is simple like the product. It is white and black with brown and gold. It suggests strong contrasts and a clean taste. In my opinion, an excellent design as it adds something to the product, rather that just covering it. In this case the presentation is excellent.

First of all the aroma. It is wonderful and writing about it even makes my mouth water. You smell the cocoa which is a curious mixture of sweet, citrus and floral aromas. Its just like tasting and smelling a good wine.

. The slab of chocolate is very thin and its divided into ten squares. Breaking one off makes a definite cracking sound and releases the aroma. It is almost impossible to eat just one square of this chocolate. There is always a need to eat more, although, even for me, a confirmed chocoholic, a whole bar is too much at one time.

The chocolate itself has a soft velvety sheen to it and as soon as you put it in your mouth it starts to melt. This is because of the high cocoa content according to the manufacturer.

I don't really mind why it does that, as long as it does. Aroma, taste and texture work together to make this a very special chocolate experience.

Lindt are expert chocolate manufacturers and have been around since 1845 so you would expect them to know a thing or two about the subject, and they certainly do.

Would I buy this again? Oh yes! Certainly. But it would be nicer if some else would buy it for me.

Summary: For chocoholics!