Collezione Italiana, 16 pieces

Collezione Italiana Collection, 16 pieces:

Balsamico, 4pcs
12-year cask aged balsamic vinegar from Modena + 62% cacao dark chocolate + I.G.P. Piemonte hazelnuts

Olio d'Oliva, 4pcs
First press Tuscan olive oil + 36% cacao white chocolate + green olives

Rooster, 4pcs
Taleggio cheese + walnuts + Tahitian vanilla bean + 62% cacao dark chocolate

Sale del Mare, 4pcs
Salted Tuscan pine nut caramel + 45% cacao deep milk chocolate + Sicilian sea salt

Each Vosges Haut-Chocolat collection is packed fresh on your day of shipment. Truffle collections are shipped from frozen, then thaw while in transit, and are perfectly safe to refreeze upon arrival. A How to Care card is included in each shipment, featuring details on the collection and tips for enjoying your haut-chocolat. Please rest assured that once thawed, chocolates will be fresh for up to 7 days before needing to be placed in the freezer.

Consume within 10 days from shipment. Please reference the expiration date card that arrives with your package.

Contains: Milk, Soy, Hazelnuts, Pine Nuts, Walnuts

Processed on equipment that also processes Milk, Soy, Wheat, Eggs, Peanuts, Sesame, and Tree Nuts.

SKU: TC-ITA-016

A Guided Tasting of the World Renowned Rooster
Sweet and savory, reinterpreted. Follow our guided tasting notes to best enjoy the iconic Rooster truffle. A cult favorite made with Emilio Mauri's Taleggio, a cave-aged cow's milk cheese from Pasturo in the Lombardi region of Italy, this unctuous cheese is combined with organic walnuts and Tahitian vanilla beans draped in 62% cacao dark chocolate. The combination of cheese and chocolate may seem acerbic and perplexing, but in one bite, you will see its valor.

To begin, close your eyes. Take three deep, ujjayi breaths.

1. START FROM THE TOP
Bite into the crowning tip of the chocolate. Hold the chocolate on your tongue and press it to the roof of your mouth. Feel it melt bittersweetly around your tongue. Begin to eat and you will introduce your senses to the Taleggio cheese and a nuance of vanilla.

2. INTRIGUE FOLLOWS
The second bite brings you deeper into the parfums -the rich, creamy texture of the cheese dotted with a crunch of toasted walnuts. The aroma is steeped with a thousand harmonious complexities. Salt hits the palate, meeting the sweetness of the chocolate in perfect marriage.

3. MET WITH CLARITY
Your third bite is met with clarity. The full realization of the flavors intertwine and come together in perfect sync. You are deeply present in this iconic moment and with this last bite, all you will crave is just one more.

We had the desire to create a savory + sweet collection and knew we wanted to bring cheese into chocolate in one tasting experience. It took many late nights to perfect the ideal emulsion of prized taleggio cheese and dark chocolate, which we also studded with walnuts. This carefully crafted cheese... with a nutty and slightly fruity taste.