BLEND: Undercrown El Tigre Dominicano
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Sumatra
BINDER: Connecticut USA Corojo
FILLER: Dominican
FORMAT: Toro (650) Box-press
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 2/5
White Pepper | Suede | Honey Malt
NOTES:
Rolling a 3-1 in the Chinese dice game of Heaven and Nine is called Harmony. This could be called that, too. Although some portion of said harmonious quality is arrived at via muted rather than expressed notes. A slight minerality folded into cinnamon & sugar. Milkiest of milk chocolates.
Smokes like all set-up and no punchline... but some set-ups are fun. "A Priest, a Rabbi and an Imam walk into a bar," isn't necessarily any less of note than, "ouch, ouch, ouch."
Good draw, half-tick tight. Burns cool, even, smoky. Rolled on the tight-side with some bumpiness on the shaft. A crack happens in the top-leaf during the 3/3, then the rest bids farewell. Although I'm unsure I didn't knock it sitting in a new set-up and chatting. Also, it's at a point I'd have typically stopped my review.
I also tasted some duck sauce.
TASTE: B
DRAW: B+
BURN: A-
BUILD: B
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
PS. For the sake of science, I was lucky enough for the ability to smoke a second sampling. That sampling suffered a crack in the 3/3 too, though it did not split, it did occur earlier.
::: very :::