THE CIGAR
Le Bijou 1922
6 1/8 x 52 torpedo box-press
w. Nicaraguan Habano Oscuro (Pelo De Oro)
b./f. Nicaraguan
A full review of this offering can be read HERE.
A K A P L O W I T Z Scale review can be read HERE.
All 18 Sabbaths (& more re: the project) can eventually be read HERE.
This offering and the remaining seventeen are courtesy of Cigars City and my mad March Madness skills.
A K A P L O W I T Z Scale review can be read HERE.
All 18 Sabbaths (& more re: the project) can eventually be read HERE.
This offering and the remaining seventeen are courtesy of Cigars City and my mad March Madness skills.
I
Bit of a muffled by cream Peppin black pepper blast on a chewy as heck texture. Death by chocolate richness with a dark tropical floral under-belly. Burn is nice: even enough on a slight ribbon and medium thick line. Draw is medium+ tension and evenly so. Zilch acidity nor bite... smooth and heavy. Ash is palest grey in a flake here and there sheath. At the end of opening act, a roasted meatiness comes in as a note to accompany the creamy chew. Floral bits on the end of draw extend to start of finish with a dark wet fruit addition. Compost underbelly gets espresso poured in along with a molasses vibe. Very rich. Full bodied and -full flavored. Strength is rising but not yet not risen. Smoke out-put is satiating in the smoke-hole and voluptuously calm off the foot -- zaftik when pulled, smoldering when sat.
II
Some sarsaparilla, pardner -- adds to flavor, detracts some from body and syrups up texture. Slight ribbon on burn-line self corrects. Out-put slows on each end. Chocolate sweetens via fruit. Strength leaps to medium. Top-leaf lags a tick in one spot and pack softens notably. Ash darkens but too, firms. Pace of combustion slows. Draw tenses up a tick. Retro-hale is a less creamy and coarser-ground black pepper. Molasses vibe separates from under-belly and is in the lower middlings; a very nice accompaniment to the already there and nuancing woods of mesquite and hickory. Strength spikes up then down to its new medium periodically and kinda uncomfortably. Seam loosens by lagging wrapper. A dry red wine comes in with an acidic lilt. Box-press is rounding-out and the ring gauge seems widening, particularly at char. A charcoal note flirts in.
III
Sarsaparilla is perhaps more of a cola now. A re-light is needed as the stick goes out. Mouth-feel is a tick spitty and flavors are liquidy, but all aboard as ever they was. The waters blend notes a tad, but as a plus, more complexities are spurned out from their nuances. Shoulder comes loose a lil bit and box-press has failed. Finish lengthens and is espresso ripened sweetness. Under-belly drips. Draw is a greater red wine and less sinful chocolate death. Profile is thinner, but less linear and takes up more space than prior. Charcoal has picked up a slight diesel addition which purging cuts back, but don't eliminate. Strength has settled at a medium+ and flavors/body are there as well. Less smooth now and a weighty tobacco tingle in on my tongue and cheeks. Burn-line is ribbony and prone to blisters and an occasional further wobbling, but no re-touch is required. Sharpens a bit at the band and strength spikes up and back. Smoke is tepid at nub and top-leaf is somewhat of a mess with loose seams and wanting to unravel shoulder. Draw is even insofar as tension, uneven in delivery on notes which fall toward linear and mottled. Verily, a black pepper sees ya out -- and the burn doth go out. Palate is a bit o' gravel. |
| Photo courtesy: Snack Tray. |
EDITOR'S NOTE
While written Friday afternoon, pre-Sabbath, this post was obviously not set to "go live" during the Sabbath. I'd apologize for the delay, but ya weren't expecting anything anyways. So there. Next week, we shall begin regularly. As always, thank you for the kind loaning of yer attentions.