Tonda Gentile hazelnut from Piedmont · PGI Grand cru cocoa beans Twenty-five per cent sugar · not one grain more No artificial flavourings · no preservatives White truffle · Black truffle · Summer truffle Tonda Gentile hazelnut from Piedmont · PGI Grand cru cocoa beans Twenty-five per cent sugar · not one grain more No artificial flavourings · no preservatives White truffle · Black truffle · Summer truffle
Origin · La Tonda Gentile IGP

Aperitif chocolate

Origin · The Tonda Gentile PGI

30,00 € Box of 10 pieces
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Handcrafted in micro-batches Dispatched within 48 working hours Eco-designed gift box, plastic-free

Tonda Gentile PGI praline, 74% grand cru chocolate — pure Madagascar, organic — nothing else. When you lower the sugar to 25%, the hazelnut has nowhere left to hide. It has to be extraordinary. It is.

— Aromatic profile —

  • Attack74% grand cru cocoa, cocoa-driven finesse
  • Mid-palateTonda Gentile hazelnut in full presence
  • Finishdried almond, browned butter, a long and naked persistence

— The pairing & the moment —

  • The pairingEspresso · Natural sweet wine · Aged rum
  • The momentlate afternoon, with a book

— Recommended pairings —

Wines & Champagnes

  • Natural sweet wine (Maury, Banyuls)
  • Vinous vintage Champagne
  • Jura vin jaune (Château-Chalon)
  • Late Harvest Gewurztraminer

Spirits

  • Aged rum
  • Hors d’âge Cognac
  • 20-year Pays d’Auge Calvados
  • Aged Armagnac
  • Daiginjo sake

— The experience —

Origin is the house’s manifesto recipe — two hero ingredients, nothing around them. The Tonda Gentile of Piedmont PGI meets a 74% grand cru couverture, single origin Madagascar, organic. Sugar reduced to 25%. To be enjoyed in silence, over a single wine, to appreciate the clarity of every aroma.

Ideal tasting temperature · 18 to 20 °C

— Cocktails —

With alcohol

  • Classic Manhattan
  • Vieux Carré
  • Sazerac
  • Minimalist Whisky Sour

Without alcohol

  • Specialty espresso (Geisha, Bourbon)
  • Roasted hazelnut and orgeat mocktail
  • Still mineral spring water
  • Lightly roasted Hojicha tea

Origin is a recipe of purity. Pairings should be sober, long, free of aromatic interference. Less makes more. Avoid over-constructed cocktails or contrasting aromas.

— Allergens —

  • Tree nuts (hazelnut)
  • Milk
  • May contain traces of other tree nuts

— Nutritional values —

Per 100 g · estimated values, to be confirmed by laboratory analysis

  • Energy580 kcal
  • Fat40 g (of which saturates 19 g)
  • Carbohydrates33 g (of which sugars 25 g)
  • Protein9 g
  • Fibre6 g
  • Salt0.02 g

— Our story —

Origin embodies the purest vision of Colette Demay chocolate: letting the terroir, the climate and the growers’ work speak for themselves. An approach inspired by fine wine and specialty coffee, where each origin tells a unique aromatic identity. Cravanzana, Piedmont. The naked hazelnut.

— Shelf life —

Keep away from light and heat. Best enjoyed within 6 to 8 weeks, stored between 18 and 20 °C.