Friday, July 1, 2016

Project X: Offering #15 Serie II - Blind Cigar Review (Illusione Rothchilde)


Project X blind cigar review?
Oh, yes. Project X Blind cigar review.

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This is the Serie II finale, gentlepersons. I ain't crying, it's just windy out.
Serie III will be announced & begun SOON.

THE CIGAR
*classified*
4 1/2 x 50 Rothschild format Colorado Maduro colored
Illusione Rothchilde
ACT I

FLAVORS
Sweet: Bittersweet. Dried fruit. Molasses.
Spicy: Black pepper. Salt. Cloves. Orange peel.
Woody: Smoke. Mesquite wood. Hickory. Dark roasted coffee.
Vegetal: Nuts, roasted. Herbs. Floral. Citrus.
Earthy: Chicken coup. Dust. Heavy tobacco. Espresso.

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

NOTES

  • Cap sits short on shoulder.
  • Dry grit hand-feel.
  • Uneven complexion.
  • Draw starts savory salty, finish turns sweet.
  • Seams are uneven and loose of medium.
  • Nice bit of magnesium in nigh airy ash.
  • Burn trying to even off Djeep outside light.
  • Very wood-front'd profile
  • Pace is a tick quick.
  • Dark bread and heavy grain umami.
  • Simple toasted room-note with slight sharpness.
  • Bun-line is behaving.
  • Floral notes are potpourri. (Dried)
  • Dried fruit finishes in fig.
  • Nice even draw.
  • Molasses is more dark than sweet.
  • Very clean mouth-feel, shortish finish.
  • Dry notes, very delineated.
  • Dry jagged ash.
  • Pace of smoke slows.
  • Minimal foot-smoke. Good smoke-hole coverage.
  • Molasses lightens, sweetens in citrus.
  • Wood front, then fruit, then spice -- always wood forward/driven.
  • Leathery body. Supple not creamy.

ACT II

FLAVORS
Sweet: Bittersweet. Dried fruit. Molasses. Blackberry.
Spicy: Black pepper. Salt. Cloves. Orange peel. Chili pepper (r/h). Licorice/anise.
Woody: Smoke. Mesquite wood. Hickory. Toasted. Charred/burnt.
Vegetal: Nuts, roasted. Herbs. Floral. Citrus.
Earthy: Chicken coup. Dust. Heavy tobacco. Espresso.
Chemically: Kerosene (vibe)

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

NOTES

  • Ash fills out a tick.
  • Line is vastly even on its own accord.
  • Foot-smoke perks up, room-note unchanged.
  • Slight heavy tobacco dry tongue tingle.
  • Moisture level on mouth-feel is nice 'nuff. Bit spitty.
  • Smoke texture is a bit sharp.
  • Strength ticks up. I taste Ligero more and more.
  • R/h gets spicier and a tick more sour on palate-drop.
  • Ash pales, evenly spaced at medium distance ladder-rungs hold.
  • Molasses lightens, sweetens in citrus.
  • Wood front, then fruit, then spice -- always wood forward/driven.
  • Leathery body. Supple not creamy. Thins.
  • Flavors up-tick and add-on, tho somewhat sharply.
  • Woods toast and take back over at nigh band.
  • Smoke is a tick warm at that ^ point.
  • Nubs softens but holds.
  • Draw stays nice.
  • Little less of a clean smoke-hole, not terrible.

SMOKE TIME
50min

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

Too, notice the new version of K A P L O W I T Z Scale. So long, appearance (absorbed by construction) and hello to the long over-due separation of flavors and body. Also re: changes and info -- read THIS, please. Serie III of Project X may read a tick differently...