An indulgent, decadent dark chocolate bar with delicate top notes of raspberry, this Castronovo Zorzal 72% Amelonado Cacao bar is luscious on the palate and an exquisite treat! Think rich chocolate cake with a just touch of raspberry coulis  

Happy Chocolate Anniversary to Denise Castronovo! The perfect way to mark this momentous occasion is with a 10th Anniversary special edition bar using cocoa beans from the country where she created her very first chocolate masterpiece - the Dominican Republic.

Denise is a rare gem for so many reasons, but perhaps one of the things that I find most remarkable about her as a chocolate maker is that she never made any “mistake” bars! Most chocolate makers wax poetic when they travel back in time to their early days of crafting their less-than-perfect novice bars. Denise made delicious bars straight out of the gate! Denise, herself, is incredulous when she recounts, “To my surprise, [my first bars] tasted better than any dark chocolate I had ever tried. It inspired me to spread my wings into chocolate making.”  Celebrate her victory of edible craftsmanship by savoring this commemorative chocolate!  

In the fall of 2022 at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris, Denise met fellow ecologist Charles Kerchner, the founder of Zorzal Cacao. Zorzal Cacao is a private reserve of mountainous rainforest in the Duarte province of the Dominican Republic where organic cacao production finances biodiversity conservation for birds and other wildlife. It is not surprising that this economic model appeals to Denise as she was formerly an ecologist and preservationist after having studied environmental science and economics in undergrad and graduate school.

• Net Weight: 62 g. / 2.2 oz.
• Country of Origin: USA