A beautifully intense yet remarkably balanced 80% extra dark chocolate from Amedei Toscana. Toscano Black 80% brings together carefully selected cacao from Ghana, Madagascar, Venezuela and Grenada, creating a chocolate of impressive depth, warmth and aromatic complexity.
Despite its high cocoa concentration, this is not an aggressively bitter chocolate. Instead, Amedei achieves an elegant balance between cocoa intensity, subtle sweetness and vibrant fruit, with distinctive notes of cherry, grape and dried fruit unfolding through a long, nuanced finish. Amedei's Toscano Black 80 was awarded the Tavoletta d'Oro 2024.
Producer: Amedei Toscana
Origin: Pontedera, Tuscany, Italy
Cacao Origins: Ghana · Madagascar · Venezuela · Grenada
Cocoa: Minimum 80%
Style: Extra Dark Chocolate
Format: 50 g / 1.75 oz
The recipe is beautifully pure: cocoa mass, cocoa butter and cane sugar, allowing the quality and complexity of the cacao itself to remain at the center of the experience.
Aroma:
Deep and expressive, with intense aromas of roasted cacao and dark chocolate, followed by ripe cherry, dark grape and subtle dried-fruit nuances.
Palate:
Rich and enveloping, beginning with concentrated cocoa before gradually revealing cherry, grape and dried fruit. There is impressive intensity, but also an unexpected softness and gentle sweetness that gives the chocolate exceptional balance. These fruit notes form Amedei's official aromatic profile for the 80% expression.
Texture:
Warm, smooth and wonderfully velvety, with a clean snap followed by a slow, luxurious melt that allows the different layers of cacao and fruit to develop gradually.
Finish:
Long and sophisticated, with lingering dark cocoa, dried fruit and gentle roasted notes. The bitterness remains beautifully controlled, leaving the palate clean and inviting another taste.
Toscano Black 80% represents a fascinating meeting of four great cacao origins. Ghana, Madagascar, Venezuela and Grenada are blended to create complexity rather than emphasize a single terroir, allowing Amedei to balance richness, fruit, intensity and aromatic persistence.
The result exemplifies the house philosophy: taking a very high percentage of cacao and transforming it into something refined, harmonious and surprisingly approachable.
Amedei Toscano Black 80% occupies a wonderful middle ground between the accessibility of the 70% and the uncompromising intensity of the 90%.
With its combination of deep cacao, vibrant fruit, restrained sweetness and velvety texture, it is an excellent choice for the serious dark-chocolate lover who wants intensity without excessive bitterness.
Its Tavoletta d'Oro 2024 recognition further establishes it as one of the standout expressions within Amedei's Toscano Black collection.
The combination of intense cacao and dark-fruit character makes Toscano Black 80% particularly successful with Vintage Port, Madeira, aged rum, Cognac and mature whisky.
For a distinctly Italian pairing, try it alongside Amarone della Valpolicella or Vin Santo. The cherry and dried-fruit characteristics of the chocolate can beautifully echo the concentrated fruit of Amarone.
For a non-alcoholic pairing, a single-origin espresso provides an excellent complement to its deep roasted-cacao character.
PAIR WITH:
Amarone · Vintage Port · Madeira · Vin Santo · Aged Rum · Cognac · Whisky · Espresso
