Cocoa and caramel on the dry aroma; soft orange and red-apple acidity on entry; milk chocolate and roasted hazelnut through the middle; a medium, clean, smooth body; and a brown-sugar finish.
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Region: Matagalpa lies in Nicaragua's north-central highlands; German immigrants drove coffee planting there in the late 19th century, and it remains one of the country's main regions
Organic cooperatives: Smallholder cooperatives are well established, with organic and Fairtrade certification common and shade-grown farming the norm