Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Project X: Offering #7 Serie II - Blind Cigar Review (Fallen Angel)


Blind review, then? Oh, yes. Blind review.

THE CIGAR
*classified*
Fallen Angel
Robusto, soft-pressed, natural.
ACT I

FLAVORS
Sweet: Creamy. Coffee and cream. Buttery. Honey. Chocolate/cocoa. Vanilla.
Spicy: White pepper. Cinnamon. Cloves. Nutmeg. Salt. Chili pepper. Orange peel.
Woody: Oak wood. Aromatic tobacco.
Vegetal: Alfalfa. Hay, wet. Herbs. Mushroom. Bell pepper. Nuts, raw. Floral.
Earthy: Wet cardboard. Moss.
Malt: Chocolate. Honey.

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE
K being the least, Z the greatest
Appearance I
Construction T
Combustion Z
Flavors/Body I
Strength P

NOTES

  • Silky hand-feel fairly firm pinch. 
  • Creamy cocoa forefront on cold draw. Some coffee and cream. 
  • Creamy continues off a ready and eager lighting...
  • then heat, then sweet. All in a handful of tugs.
  • Softens nil 'gainst match light.
  • Great draw with perfect tension.
  • Calm pace and foot-smoke.
  • Ash mainly white, thick.
  • Burn is spot-on even.
  • Luxurious mouth-feel.
  • I keep envisioning fresh salad with produce peppers...
  • Then chocolate a la Mexican comes in (spiced).
  • Oils work up on shaft and clarified butter in smoke-hole.
  • Ridiculously grand construction/combustion.
  • Laid back complexities. 
  • Nuts are pine nuts. Macadamia vibings.
  • Salad and dessert. It's like my Community Seder! ...
  • ... (sans hairy woman farting whilst munching on gluten-free matzoh.)
ACT II

FLAVORS
Sweet: Creamy. Coffee and cream. Buttery. Honey. Chocolate/cocoa. Vanilla. Blackberry.
Spicy: White pepper. Cinnamon. Cloves. Nutmeg. Salt. Chili pepper. Orange peel.
Woody: Oak wood. Aromatic tobacco. Wine cask. Cedar wood. Hickory wood (light).
Vegetal: Alfalfa. Hay, wet. Herbs. Mushroom. Bell pepper (less). Nuts, raw. Floral.
Earthy: Wet cardboard. Moss. Peat.
Malt: Chocolate. Honey.

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE
Appearance I
Construction T
Combustion Z
Flavors/Body T
Strength O

NOTES

  • Oak remains alive, green.
  • Coffee and cream soar.
  • Ash surprisingly fails to build long.
  • Soft-press holds and feels great in lips/hand.
  • Sweet aromatic tobacco room-note with spiced sued under-belly.
  • Spices warm. Sweet thickens.
  • Creamy body weighs down, don't bog. Produce and white pepper tingle.
  • Knock, knock. Who's there? Strength. C'mon in!
  • Honey malt mounts.
  • Construction/combustion are muah! Magnifique!
  • Cream soda???
  • Aromatic tobacco spins off a cedar. (Under it all along?)
  • Smoke actually feels even cooler as band: nigh.
  • Earth notes would indicate damp -- ain't.
  • Raspberry.
  • Floral attachment become other-worldly.
  • Notes sharpen & even further delineate at band.
  • Smoke out-put ticks up. Bigger white cumulus clouds.
  • Brown sugar nubbing.
  • Taking nada away, some sticks test real high. This is one.
  • Both delicate and robust, epis!
SMOKE TIME
60mins

FINAL GRADE
****A+****

EDITOR'S NOTE
In the interest of uniformity, I will be working from a flavor chart via Stogie Fresh. ("Malt" added by moi.)