update Oct 30 2025- we used up all the Stratus ice wine lees for the season so Stratus sent us over Gewurztraminer lees, an aromatic white wine pressed from pink skinned grapes from their vineyard. The lees when it arrives is gold!! The fresh chocolate has new notes of umami and florals, if you get a fresh bar watch how the notes change as it ages for the next few months.
Our original idea was to infuse cacao with oak. After an inspired talk with friends at Stratus Vineyards in Niagara-on-the-Lake, winemaker J-L Groux sent over an oak barrel partially filled with the residual yeast and grape skins from the winemaking process known as “lees”. We roasted up a batch of cacao beans and added the roasted nibs to the barrel, rolling it around to make sure things were well mixed.
3 months later, an aromatic wine infused cacao emerged. After grinding the nibs, refining and conching—the Stratus bar was born, an experimental and elegant chocolate bar with the subtle flavour of a Stratus wine.
Origin: Stratus Vineyards. Niagara-On-the-Lake, Canada + Hacienda Victoria, Ecuador
Cacao content: 70%
Tasting notes: grapes, miso, wild honey, sour dough, lychee, walnuts, honeysuckle
65g
*May contain traces of tree nuts, peanuts, and dairy
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