Barlovento
A cacao growing region in Venezuela.
Venezuelafruityspicynutty
A coastal region east of Caracas and historically one of Venezuela's largest cacao areas, worked from the colonial period by enslaved and later free Afro-Venezuelan communities whose descendants still farm there. Trinitario material predominates.
- Country
- Venezuela
- Flavour families
- fruity, spicy, nutty
Terroir
Humid Caribbean coastal plain and foothills, with older plantings under shade.
Flavour character
Often described as full-bodied with dried fruit and a spiced depth.
InferredSource: ChocolateHQ
Other regions in Venezuela
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Part of
- VenezuelaA coastal region east of Caracas and historically one of Venezuela's largest cacao areas, worked from the colonial period by enslaved and later free Afro-Venezuelan communities whose descendants still farm there.
Varieties planted here
- TrinitarioDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Barlovento — A coastal region east of Caracas and historically one of Venezuela's largest cacao areas, worked from the colonial period by enslaved and later free Afro-Venezuelan communities whose descendants still farm there.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)