63 Planifolia Gourmet Vanilla from Rosehill Waitukubuli Nature-Island

Organic Vanilla Planifolia Gourmet from Waitukubuli aka Dominica, the "Nature-Island"
Origin: Waitukubuli (Commonwealth of Dominica)
Terroir: Rosehill Bellevue Chopin
Harvest: 2025
Curing: Ripe, cured and refined in jars
Refining: >12 months
DDM: 31.12.2029
 
Dominica being a small island, most of the farms and plantations are never far from the ocean front, and located from 30m up to 600m above sea level, inside the tropical rain forest. The production is exceptional but rare and the quantity is limited. The agroforestry plantations have been restored and developed from original wild vanilla plants spreading all around after the last hurricane and are maintained by passionated organic farmers who also plant and process cane, cocoa, banana, ginger, as well as other crops and aromatic herbs.
 
The Nature Island Vanilla vines are grown in agroforestry under the canopy in a soil rich in organic matter. These vanilla pods have been processed as fresh vanilla fruits (unscalded, unscarified) which allow all aromas to continiously evolve and as pods age they develop an incomparable range of aromas and flavours, defined by pronounced spicy, almost peppery, flowers and fruity notes. Another exclusivity, available only by Sylvanilla®.
 
As exceptional as the terroirs, the Nature Island Vanilla from Dominica are recognisable by their thickness and unique aromatic profile.
 
Located 550 meters above sea level, north of Bellevue Chopin on the slopes of Morne Anglais, Rosehill is a small estate high in Dominica’s southern hills, which was once surrounded by vaster estates growing citrus, cocoa, coffee, sugar cane and coconuts among other crops. Today, the area is a patchwork of small, still sustainable fields, orchards, and organic gardens. Rosehill is a rather windy and moderately rainy region, where the trees grow less tall than in the rainforest yet the temperatures remain relatively cool.
 
Here Shawn alone cultivates vanilla vines among a large variety of organic herbs and vegetables, avocado, papaya, guava, orange, citrus, as well as ginger and cane. The small vanilla plantation started in 2021 with few Planifolia vines and develop with new cuttings. Some cane are soon to be planted in order to process a vaster range of organic refined products like juices, sirops and Vanilla Extracts.
 
Rosehill Vanilla plantation is still young and started to produce in 2024. With just a little help it can easily grow into a promising vanilleraie at this altitude. Shawn is talented in farming and refining organic, and he has all the patience it takes.
 
Beans measure +- 18 cm for an average weight of 5g.
Moisture: 35%
Vanillin: +-2.2%
Packaging: 2 pods or more in glass tubes, or glass jars or in sachets
Nature Island Vanilla, Waitukubuli, Commonwealth of Dominica origin certified