{"id":1439,"date":"2022-02-09T07:35:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T18:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewinestation.co.nz\/product\/hogarth-equador"},"modified":"2022-02-09T07:35:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T18:35:37","slug":"hogarth-equador","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thewinestation.co.nz\/product\/hogarth-equador","title":{"rendered":"Hogarth Ecuador – 85% Single Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Made with Arriba Nacional cacao beans from Hacienda Victoria in Ecuador, this 85% dark chocolate is\u00a0surprisingly mild and not bitter at all. It has a lovely, creamy mouthfeel and soft, nutty flavour notes with a chocolatey aftertaste.<\/p>\n

Hacienda Victoria is a\u00a0500 hectare cocoa plantation about 30 minutes from Guayaquil, with ideal climate and superb environmental conditions, along with a sustainable and socially responsible crop management that begins in their\u00a0nursery and ends in the drying of\u00a0beans after careful fermentation. It is\u00a0at Hacienda Victoria that they\u00a0are bringing the lush forest back to life, bringing back the tradition of growing the world\u2019s best cacao.<\/p>\n