Friday, April 10, 2020

Cibao Cigars Seleccion Especial in Review

“Have you Kaplowitz’d to-day?”

Cibao Cigars 
Seleccion Especial

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Dominican

FORMAT: Toro
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium

WEBSITE: mycigarpack.com

NOTES:
Nougat | Chocolate whipped cream | Pantry spices

Cedar is somehow a part of all primaries & offers a nice back-bone to each. Although that tact seems to remove much complexity from the equation, as it doesn't allow mingling of notes. Instead, between them is a sandy-gritty spiciness. Dusty & non-descript. Under that is more spice w/ a scant red pepper addition, some cream (but not quite enough), and a tick of a citrusy try.

Underbelly is the aforementioned grit & simple sweetness enveloped from around-top. A balanced profile but also lacking in some regard (savoriness in particular) -- so, much like juggling only two balls. An easy blend that loses its charm when it tries to kick a bit. Juggling two knives, say. No harder, just sharper & why??? Finish is a fleeting sweet dusty thing, drying to the palate.

The selling point of this smoke is its combustion/construction. Glistening-white long ash, smooth draw, dead-even burn. Smoke out-put is moderate & builds a neat aroma of creamy sweetness with spicy BAM notch -- funny how what swings & misses on the palate, slam dunks on the nose. Funny too, mixing metaphors. lol

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

::: very :::