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The Domori Chateau Collection

Established in 1993, Domori Chocolate is dedicated to recovering heirloom strains and restoring the diversity of cocoa. Domori has a unique approach to their chocolate, selecting and roasting cocoa carefully and in small batches, processing it as little as possible, and peforming some operations by hand that others do by machine. The result is that Domori makes Italian chocolate with the unique, genuine taste and aroma of the cocoa from which it comes.

This holiday season, Foster & Dobbs offers the Domori Chateau Collection, a special selection of three chocolate bars made exclusively with cacao from the San Jose plantation on the Rio El Pilar, located on the Paria peninsula of Venezuela. These single origin bars are made from different sub-clones of special Criollo cacao.

• Porcelana - Subclones of heirloom criollo Porcelana were grafted onto the Criollo of the Hacienda San José in 1998. This chocolate has notes of bread, butter and jam with an exalted smoothness. 70% Cocoa.
• Puertofino - This chocolate is made from a recovered recent criollo subclone of Ocumare 67. Puertofino has notes of caramel, tobacco, walnuts, papaya, brushwood, mushrooms and dates. 70% Cocoa.
• Puertomar - The cocoa of the Puertomar bar is a sub-clone of Ocumare 61. Puertomar has notes of cream, spices, almonds and cherry jam with excellent smoothness and sweetness. 75% Cocoa.

This collection makes a rare treat for the chocolate connoisseur. ~ $16