Project X: Offering #8 Serie II - Blind Cigar Review (Drew Estate Nirvana Cameroon Selection)

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

THE CIGAR

*classified*

Drew Estate Nirvana Cameroon Selection
Colorado Claro; Toro

ACT I

FLAVORS

Animal: Venison.
Sweet: Black cherry. Buttery. Caramelized sugar. Creamy. Coffee and cream. Honey.
Spicy: Chili pepper. Cinnamon. Ginger. Mulling spice. Salt. White pepper.
Woody: Oak wood. Paper.
Vegetal: Grass, dry. Musty/old cellar. Nuts (pale), roasted.
Earthy: Dirt/earth. Dust.
Chemical: Soap.

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE

K being the least, Z the greatest

Appearance O
Construction O
Combustion W
Flavors/Body W
Strength A

NOTES

Soft in smoke-hole on chew.

Very open draw, creamy caramel.

Peach fuzz hand-feel.

-medium density packing.

Burn is a tick wavered. 

Ash is pale grey and wide-ish ladder-rungs.

Flavors stagger in kinda interestingly.

Smoky smoker.

Hand dries a tick.

Burn mainly evens at a -medium line. No re-touch.

Combustion is a nice pace.

Good even draw. Ticked up to a medium tension. Satiating+.

Nuts are macadamia.

I keep thinking mashed potatoes. Not taste, mouth-feel.

Slight apple core note.

Dustinesses get dusted off a good deal.

Medium profile, mild+ strength.

Hint of tooth in ash that ain't on shaft. (binder is...?)

ACT II

FLAVORS

Animal: Venison (less).
Sweet: Black cherry. Buttery. Creamy. Coffee and cream. Sugar. Toffee.
Spicy: Chili pepper. Cinnamon (less). Ginger. Black pepper. Salt. White pepper. Cloves.
Woody: Oak wood. Wine cask. Tannic.
Vegetal: Grass, dry. Musty/old cellar. Nuts (pale), roasted. Citrus. Herbs.
Earthy: Dirt/earth. Dust (less). Moss.
Chemical: Soap.

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE

Appearance O
Construction O
Combustion W
Flavors/Body W
Strength O

NOTES

Salt gets a tick of citrus

Strength muscles up.

Ash keeps dumping <1".

White wine spritzer? 

Combustion/construction continue to even, imperfect'd still.

Substantial transition inch past mid.

Strength dials up again, kinder manner.

Mouth-feel gets a yeast, draw a Wonder Bread note.

Sweet notes brace, sharpen.

Ash falls at 1/2-1" increments.

R/H sharpens on red pepper/remaining cinnamon.

Citrus falls back off at 3/3.

Nub is soft, smoke cool at nub.

Cloves come in.

Spicy, but gently so, throughout.

Mouth doth dry a tick.

Loganberry Manischewitz would so work.
Very nice all-purpose stick.

SMOKE TIME

85mins

FINAL GRADE

****B+****

EDITOR'S NOTE

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