Kaplowitz Media. Cigars of the Month for July 2024

Kaplowitz Media.
Cigars of the Month
for July 2024

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

Big Sky Blackfoot
Sans Pareil Blue
Sans Pareil Red

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Artista Cigars Midnight in Review

BRAND: Artista
BLEND: Midnight

WRAPPER: Dark Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican, US

FORMAT: Robusto (554) box-press
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 1.5/5

NOTES:
Mocha latte | Sweet spice | Cashew

Thickly swathed in sweet malted honey, warm citrusy earthiness. Chicken coop. Easy spiciness, also sweetly-so, quite nuanced. Cinnamon, white & green peppercorn, cardamom. Cashew paste. Would benefit from a tick more structure but a creamy-soft easiness is nice. Well-balanced, consistent delivery.

Draws velvety-smooth with a quarter-bit emptiness on rare occasions. Burns on a mainly self-correcting wave (a single re-direct at the mid-point), yielding fluffy short-growing ash. Big smoke out-put culminates in a plush satiny aroma of sweet bread and coffee kiosk. A bit veiny on the top-leaf but well-rolled.

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

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

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Sans Pareil Cigars Red Line Torpedo in Review

BRAND: Sans Pareil
BLEND: Red Line

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Corojo
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Dominican

FORMAT: Torpoedo (6 1/8x52)
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
(Tabacalera Palma)
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 3/5

NOTES:
Mulling spice | Caramel | Buttery cedar

Lots all at once, and churning. Italics+ roasted orange, salty-herbaceousness, Hawaiian bread, pine nuts, milk chocolate. Do-si-do! Heated, squishy, gruffer [only-slightly] in final-third. Still-rather phenomenal.

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

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

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Southern Draw Cigars Jacobs Ladder in Review

BRAND: Southern Draw
BLEND: Jacobs Ladder

WRAPPER: USA Broadleaf
BINDER: USA Maduro
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Toro
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Full
SPICE: 4.5/5

NOTES:
Black Pepper | Sarsparrilla | Patent leather

Deliberately raucous, maintaining a top-rung balancing act. Bold black peppercorn, surprising sarsaparilla rizz. Cock-diesel adrenaline. Patent leather boots run brashly through black coffee-dirt obstacle course.

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

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

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Kaplowitz Media.
Part tobacco blog. Part literary blog.
One-horse town. Two-trick pony.

The jury remains out as to that second trick. Regardless, The one-horse holds. As such, I have admittingly been remiss in taking so long to review this rather popular blend. Glad I got to rectify.