Talk:Valrhona

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Valrhona is currently the only company in the world that produces vintage chocolate made from beans of a single year's harvest from a specific plantation.

I think that should be rephrased. There are other chocolate manufacturers who also produce chocolate from beans of a specific year (Leysieffer is an example); I don't know if they're using only beans from a specific plantation, but even if they don't, the above statement is misleading. -- Schnee (cheeks clone) 21:07, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Considering that "from a specific plantation" is a pretty cental aspect (it's analogous to vintage wines) I don't see anything misleading about it. I know there are companies that claim to produce "vintage chocolate", but I've not seen any indication that they actually limit their cocoa to specific harvests. I've tried a lot of different chocolates by high-quality producers like Michel Cluizel and they do have brands that are from specific regions. And with Valrhona, it's not simply a sales ploy; there are clearly distinguishable differences between different harvests, and these are acknowledged by chocolate experts. For example, the '99 vintage is said to have been particularly flavorful and well-rounded. Even if you're not lucky enough to try a super-hrvests, the differences from one vintage to another are clearly recognizable even to amateurs like myself.

But why object if you're not even sure about it? If you can actually find and a company that produces the chocolate equivalent of wine vintages, I certainly won't object to revising the wording.

Peter ^Isotalo 21:48, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Aren't the single origin chocolates of Michel Cluizel similar products? --83.89.123.156 10:43, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Michel Cluizel's chocolate is as far as I know the equivalent of Valrhona's Caraïbe, Guanaja and Manjari. They're from specific regions rather than plantations and they're not vintage chocolates.

Peter ^Isotalo 16:10, 28 September 2006 (UTC)