April 2012 Cacao Connoisseur’s Club Selection
Name: Puertomar 75%
Producer: Domori, Italy
Origin: Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
Cacao Connoisseur’s Club Liner Notes
I taste.
Strong, dark, acidic;
Unusual for a criollo cacao.
White bean is rarely so aggressive.I wait; I taste again.
Soft, delicate, almost sweet;
The chocolate has changed,
Or has it changed me?What I taste is not what I tasted
At first. The softness becomes
More pronounced as time passes.Puertomar grows at
Hacienda San Josè on the
Peninsula of Paria in
Venezuela.A sub-clone of Ocumare 61,
A recent criollo.
Unusual.