Place
Where it grows.
Soil, elevation, genetics, and biodiversity give an origin its foundation.
These traits change slowly and help create a cacao's unique identity.
THE HANDS BEHIND EVERY BAR
Vintage
Vintage is the story of ONE harvest year. No two seasons are ever the same.
Vintage captures the moment when a place, nature, and the hands that guide the entire process come together to create something that can never be perfectly recreated.
The three forces of vintage
Nature
What the season brings.
Rainfall, sunshine, heat, drought, storms, and disease pressure shape what the trees experience in a particular season.
Climate is the personality.
Weather is the mood.
Hands
How it is handled.
Every harvest passes through many hands—from the farmer to the fermenter, transporter to maker.
The decisions people make at each step can preserve—or change—the expression of the year.
Vintage captures the moment when a particular place, a particular season, and many hands come together to create something that can never be perfectly recreated.