Project X: Offering #9 Serie II - Blind Cigar Review (La Aurora Untamed)

Blind review, then? Oh, yes. Blind review.

THE CIGAR

5 1/2 x 52 (approx)
Robusto Maduro-Oscuro (mottling).
Revealed on THIS Kibbitz.
La Aurora Untamed

ACT I

FLAVORS

Animal: BBQ. Musk. Smoked meat.
Sweet: Bittersweet. Blackberry. Coffee and cream. Sugar. Dried fruit. Molasses.
Spicy: Black pepper. Licorice/anise. Salt. White pepper (finish). Orange peel.
Woody: Hickory wood. Dark roasted coffee. Mesquite wood. Charred/burnt. Cedar wood.
Vegetal: Bell pepper (finish). Herbs. Nuts, roasted. Mushroom (finish). Floral.
Earthy: Barnyard. Espresso. Heavy tobacco. Manure. Peat.
Chemical: Charcoal.
Malt: Cereal.

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE

K being the least, Z the greatest

Appearance P
Construction W
Combustion W
Flavors/Body I
Strength L

NOTES

• Complexion looks painted on without 'nuff on the brush.
• Heavy vein in 3/3.
• I lick the tip, write my name in dye(?) on a schmatta (see photo below).
• Interesting fig note on cold draw. Baking spices.
• Very liquid smoke right outta the gate. Wood.
• I'm sensing gimmick stick...
• Draw med+ tension, a tick less than smoke-hole satiating.
• Finish vastly differs from draw.
• Smoke out-put high off foot, medium to mouth.
• Ash is very thick sheath, pale grey w/ charcoal streaks.
• Bittersweet fruitinesses ramp-up.
• Pack and construction: VERY NICE!
• Combustion: slow and even.

ACT II

FLAVORS

Animal: BBQ. Musk (less).
Sweet: Bittersweet. Coffee and cram. Caramelized sugar. Molasses. Fresh fruit.
Spicy: Black pepper (less). Licorice/anise. Salt. White pepper (finish). Orange peel.
Woody: Hickory wood. Mesquite wood. Charred/burnt. Cedar wood.
Vegetal: Herbs (less). Nuts, roasted. Floral.
Earthy: Barnyard. Espresso. Heavy tobacco. Manure. Peat.
Chemical: Charcoal (less).

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE

Appearance P
Construction O
Combustion L
Flavors/Body W
Strength O

NOTES

• Tres Hawaiian BBQ; I taste pineapple.
• Cereal hides under fresh fruits. Loses malt.
• (less) is more here.
• Purging is important here.
• Shoulder sheds around a zaftik vein.
• Top-leaf feels like delicate business.
• Notes thin and liquefy.
• Re-touch on a slight tunnel threat (filler pulls from binder). Corrected.
• Light dew fruit sweetness. Melon & blackberry front.
• Cherry Cola note.
• Goes out w/ 2" left.
• Pineapple and charcoal fall off.

SMOKE TIME

120mins

FINAL GRADE

****B****

EDITOR'S NOTE(S)

In the interest of uniformity, I will be working from a flavor chart via Stogie Fresh. ("Malt" added by moi.)

K A P L O W I T Z Scale is a running tally. Each issuing is not to be taken as stand-alone.