Marou Vietnam Lam Dong 74% cacao

This is a very smooth chocolate, with no bitter edge. There is a subtle cherry note that adds a sweetness to the taste. The aftertaste is clean, though brief. 9.0

This is the second bar that I have reviewed from Vietnam (the first being Scharffen Berger's Ben Tre bar). The address on the label is given as "Ho Chi Minh City," but the label notes say: "We craft all of our chocolate in Saigon ..." The Marou website has an interesting history of cacao in Vietnam, dating back to the late 1800's during the French administration, when that city was still named Saigon.

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