Majani 75% Fondente

About: Majani is an Italian chocolate with origins going back to 1796. Other Italian chocolate manufacturers with long histories seem to have survived without exceptional quality, and I think this chocolate falls roughly in line with that tradition. The production has remained in the family all these years, and they take pride in starting from beans. I suppose that must have been a differentiation historically, but these days there are so many boutique bean-to-bar manufacturers that I don't see it as a big deal.

Majani makes a range of confections, past just chocolates, but while they offer seasonal chocolate collections, they don't seem to make a very broad range of bars -  just 11 when I looked. I will say this, the flavor is somewhat different, and it's worth tasting, even if it's not mind shattering.

Flavor: While the flavor is not too aromatic, it's smooth and rich, with a slightly sour after taste. I found it to be different in a way that's difficult to describe. Earthy, I suppose.

Texture: Slightly brittle, but very smooth follow-through, and pleasant. 

My rating:  Solid 6. Worth eating, though not overwhelming.

Rating Value	Meaning
1	Really bad chocolate. There's something just really really wrong here in almost every imaginable respect.
2	A bar with this rating has at least two drawbacks.
3	A bar where something is starting to get seriously wrong.... for example, really weak flavor with an otherwise acceptable texture.
4	This bar is below average, but just slightly. Mostly it's not worth eating again. Something isn't quite up to par, for example a poor texture but fine flavor.
5	This is an average good bar that's worth eating. There's nothing really wrong with it, but also nothing particularly spectacular. Or, perhaps it has a good characteristic that's evenly counter-weighted by something weak.
6	A solidly good bar with one characteristic that's above par, for example a great texture.
7	An solidly good chocolate that has two above par characteristics, but nothing mind-blowing. Good, above average flavor, but nothing to die for.
8	An excellent bar with no weaknesses and at least one characteristic that's super.
9	An awesome bar to die for with amazing texture and flavor.
10	You have been touched by God.

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