CAO Cigars Pilon Anejo In Redux Review

BRAND: CAO
BLEND: Pilon Anejo

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Sumatra
BINDER: Honduran Habano
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican

FORMAT: Robusto (5.5x54)
ORIGIN: Honduras (HATSA)
INTENSITY: Medium-full/Full

NOTES:
Smoked paprika. Italian roasted coffee beans. Dark chocolate and beef jerky. Near flawless construction/combustion performance. Leathery. Brawny but refined and defined. Balanced and bold.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: A-
BURN: A-
BUILD: A

FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

Originally reviewed HERE.

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Every Day is Cigar Day Maduro in Review

BRAND: Every Day is Cigar Day
BLEND: Maduro

WRAPPER: Mexican San Andres Maduro
BINDER: Indonesian
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Toro (652)
ORIGIN: Nicaraguan
INTENSITY: Medium-full

NOTES:
Black pepper | Dark fruits, chocolate | Leather

Prunes/raisins. Dark chocolate. S'mores-earthiness under black peppery divide. Then fruits, chocolate flip-flop with now up-high pepper, ass-over-teakettle. Salted minerality. Smoked paprika. Leather calms-smoothes. Nice.

TASTE: B+
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

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Kaplowitz Media. Cigars of the Month for September 2023

Kaplowitz Media.
Cigars of the Month
for September 2023

(listed in alphabetical order)
(names are links to full reviews)

Cohiba Riviera
Crux Epicure Habano

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT--change of plans--programming note. In years past, the Kaplowitz Media. Cigar of the Year was named on the final day of each September after a countdown spread over the span of the majority of a week. No longer. Instead, the KM.CotY will be named on December 31, 2023. All at once, in one post. This one post will be the culmination of a full month of end-of-year festivities.

As always, I apologize for any convenience. STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS.

::: very ::: 

Every Day is Cigar Day Habano in Review

BRAND: Every day is Cigar Day
BLEND: Habano

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: Indonesian
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Toro
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Mild-medium/Medium

NOTES:
Latte | White pepper | Balsa wood

A light-creamy smoke, an underlying sweetness. Structuring wood-pepper attempt also dries the palate. Cardboard lilted finish. Balanced but neither complex nor nuanced. No evolution-transition. Flat and wide.

Ash builds, draw snugs-some. Light smoke out-put, buttery-suede aroma. Slow-easy pacing. Assemblage(cap-seams) holds fast. Moderate-width mascara-line, self-correctingly jagged here-and-there. Pressed flowers smell/taste.

TASTE: B
DRAW: B+
BURN: B
BUILD: B+

FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

::: very :::