We have now added a dark chocolate version to the incomparably good hazelnut chocolate cream from José Noé, which we have been selling for years. Here too, it is the carefully roasted Piedmont hazelnuts from Noé's own cultivation that provide the decisive extra taste. A higher cocoa content ensures an intensely chocolatey aroma, which is rounded off with a little bourbon vanilla. And the same applies to the dark version: the consistency is perfect, creamy and spreadable.

José Noè from Lequio Berria in Piedmont is a hazelnut grower with a passion. When you meet him in the hills of the Langhe and witness him carefully inspecting his hazelnut groves with an alert, scrutinizing eye, it becomes immediately clear why he chose the very path he is unswervingly following today. Initially working for over 30 years in a research center for raw materials for the confectionery industry, Noè realized that the course for quality was already set in agriculture, which finally brought him literally back to his origins, to his parents' farm, which he took over in order to grow his own hazelnut trees from then on - with organic fertilization and entirely without pesticides - and to market the harvest himself. A quite unusual project, the cultivation of the nuts was considered rather as a typical regional sideline, which represented a secure, albeit modest source of income.

When José Noè speaks today about his hazelnut trees, it sounds downright affectionate, although they keep him over the year plenty on the go. Thus, the cultivation on the partly steep, on average at 680 meters above sea level situated single sites is arduous - but only there prevail the optimal climatic conditions for the variety 'Tonda Gentile delle Langhe'. The autochthonous variety is now considered the best in the world, and not only by connoisseurs. The harvest alone, which begins at the end of August, lasts longer than six weeks. As soon as the fully ripe nuts fall to the ground, Noè collects them together with an employee to prevent them from absorbing too much soil moisture - a shaken amount of work with 4,200 trees on about 12 hectares.

Sales description:

Dark hazelnut chocolate cream with hazelnuts

Ingredients:

60% Piedmont hazelnuts with protected designation of origin I.G.P., cane sugar, 10% low-fat cocoa powder, bourbon vanilla

Storage and preparation instructions:

Store in a cool, dry place. Stir before consumption.

Origin / provenance:

Italy

Responsible food business operator:

Azienda Agricola Papa dei Boschi Via Pianravero 8 12050 Lequio Berria (CN) Italy