Description
Criollo is the rarest and most precious cacao variety in the world, accounting for just 0.01% of global production. Free of the tannins that give most cacao its bitterness and astringency, it yields a creaminess, roundness and natural sweetness unmatched by any other bean.
Domori rescued this variety from the brink of extinction, establishing the largest Criollo plantation in the world in Venezuela. This is the source of Porcelana, a historic single-varietal native to the region of Sur del Lago, Maracaibo: its cultivation began in 1994, the year the company was founded, and today it stands as one of Domori’s three Criollo Brand Ambassadors, alongside Chuao and Guasare. A fragile and exceptionally rare plant, it survives thanks to an ethical supply chain built with Venezuelan Hacienda San José, committed for over twenty years to sustainability and biodiversity protection. On the palate it is delicate and enveloping, with notes of hazelnut, cream, vanilla and bread crust melting into a velvety texture, free of acidity and of extraordinary sweetness, an excellence recognized with the Tavoletta d’Oro “Le Origini” in 2003 and 2011.
