Tabacos de la Cordillera
by IGM Cigars Tucan
WRAPPER: Costa Rican
BINDER: Costa Rican
FILLER: Costa Rican
FORMAT: Robusto closed-foot
ORIGIN: Costa Rica
STRENGTH: Mild-Medium
WEBSITE: www.tabacordilleracr.com
NOTES:
Pillowy soft. Sweet w/ a short peppery kick thru the nose. Oily in the mitt & mouf. A goop melange of sweetness, really, a tick cloyingly-so. Cocoa butter, white chocolate, nougat. Whipped. Then white pepper ground finely. Cardamom, white ginger. Lacking in delineation but somehow lively & not flat in structure. A piling on of sweet notes. Oils are leathery and lend a neat savoriness.
Quite nuanced, lacking in any other complexity. Overtones bleed into undertones but underneath it all is a fungal quality that envelopes a sweet profile in umami goodness. The finish is long and simple sweetness, cloying as mentioned; not a clean end but a pleasant one. Earthiness, a clay thing, begins steering at the 1/2.
Burns on an even line, at a moderate pace. Grows oily ash which fails to stack well. Draw is a tick of squish. Build softens via progression, but evenly & doesn't further hamper the tugs. Nice smoke out-put culminates in a sweety-meaty manner, pleasantly. Pleasant. Mild-mannered. Accompanied with coffee to cleanse barnacles, it's almost exceptionally pleasant. Fantastic AM smoke, as part of a balanced (cuppa Joe) breakfast of champions.
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
WRAPPER: Costa Rican
BINDER: Costa Rican
FILLER: Costa Rican
FORMAT: Robusto closed-foot
ORIGIN: Costa Rica
STRENGTH: Mild-Medium
WEBSITE: www.tabacordilleracr.com
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Pillowy soft. Sweet w/ a short peppery kick thru the nose. Oily in the mitt & mouf. A goop melange of sweetness, really, a tick cloyingly-so. Cocoa butter, white chocolate, nougat. Whipped. Then white pepper ground finely. Cardamom, white ginger. Lacking in delineation but somehow lively & not flat in structure. A piling on of sweet notes. Oils are leathery and lend a neat savoriness.
Quite nuanced, lacking in any other complexity. Overtones bleed into undertones but underneath it all is a fungal quality that envelopes a sweet profile in umami goodness. The finish is long and simple sweetness, cloying as mentioned; not a clean end but a pleasant one. Earthiness, a clay thing, begins steering at the 1/2.
Burns on an even line, at a moderate pace. Grows oily ash which fails to stack well. Draw is a tick of squish. Build softens via progression, but evenly & doesn't further hamper the tugs. Nice smoke out-put culminates in a sweety-meaty manner, pleasantly. Pleasant. Mild-mannered. Accompanied with coffee to cleanse barnacles, it's almost exceptionally pleasant. Fantastic AM smoke, as part of a balanced (cuppa Joe) breakfast of champions.
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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