Venchi 60% Cocoa Con Flor di sale, lavanda ed orancia (salt, lavender, and orange)

About: Venchi is an Italian manufacturer with some history (dating back to 1878), but chocolate that thus far has not impressed me. They have a broad line of chocolates, powder, and chocolate-related confections, and their long history should have a basis in quality. Go figure that they've underwhelmed me. Shrug.

Flavor: Nothing really special. The lavender combines nicely with the orange, which is real orange. There's peel appeal for sure. But the orange is underwhelming, and the bits of salt are lost.

Texture: Because this chocolate has peel in it, the texture is inherently rough. The chocolate itself is smooth enough, though maybe with a very fine grit.

My rating:  5 . Enough said.

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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