O.M Cigars Essential Blend No. 2 in Review

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O.M. Cigars

Essential Blend No. 2

WRAPPER: San Andres Maduro
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Undisclosed

FORMAT: Gordo (660)
ORIGIN: Dominican
STRENGTH: Medium-Full

WEBSITE: www.omcigars.com

NOTES:

Coffee. From dark roasted beans to an espresso cup via progression of smoke. Dark chocolate shavings, anise. Enveloped in a boa constrictor of barnyard & manure. Black pepper pungency. Spices are chili, cumin, cayenne. Undertones are of a savory lilt: mesquite wood, stiff leather, baked mixed berries, toasted orange pith (in&out). Soy sauce. 

Underbelly is shovelfuls of manure earthy umami with dark grain attachments. Finishes bittersweet crisply on short legs for all its dense heartiness. Smoke is heavy but smoothly well-rounded. Excellent balance of delivery. Complex & calmly-so. Darkly meditative. Sits like a meal in the gut. Rolled tight & stuffed full-full of tobacco.

Built like a brick shithouse. That said, seams do loosen a half-tick here & there. Draws friggin' beautifully. Moderate+ smoke out-put fails to give a lingering room-note. Aroma is sweet toasty top-soil. Meaty. A cigar a lot like a fat guy who's surprisingly light on his feet. At once jovial & sincere. [image of Jackie Gleason]

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

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