NOTES:
Woe, woe! is the combustion to-wit I saith "Whoa." A quarter-horse rate of speed, yes. Too, a pin-point burn-hole of a visible tunneling opens up there-'bouts an inch-up the shaft from char-line. When the line gets closer, a connective runner develops. Then some canoe threat and finally a mere curvature of burn. The good news? No re-touches are employed... maybe 'cause it happens so fast. I do have in my possession a box-press version which I will perform a redux review on at a later-date*. Pulling the proverbial bad-one might be at play here.
Further notes to combustion are a dark ball of clump'd ash which builds surprisingly well -- all things considered. A moderate+ amount of smoky-smoke leaves in its wake a thick warmly-spiced yet sweet room-note. A note of import is that once the tsuris settles, there are no further burn issues, lettuce say from much of the mid-2/3 onward. Also, none of these issues are seen on the palate. No bittering/bite/scorch.
Eventful, but in the end mainly cosmetically-so.
Construction soitenly caused some combustion errors, but there's nothing egregious 'nuff under that direct header to further report as ills. Draw is a smooth medium tension with a half-tick a' resistance. No hard/soft spots or notable softening of pack through progression. Seams and cap are well-crafted and affixed through-out and respectively-so. Smoke stays cool gate-to-wire.
- Pepper (white, black, red)
- Mulling Spice
- Apple Butter
- Cedar
- Brown Sugar
- Hazelnut
- Grains (toasted)
- Caramel
- Barnyard
- Compost
WRAPPER: Nicaraguan Habano
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicraguan
STRENGTH: Medium
FORMAT: Robusto
ORIGIN: Tabacalera De Nicaragua S.A.
BLENDER: Andreas Throuvalas
FINAL GRADE: With-held till Redux*
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
IN ADDITION:
Will link the Redux Review HERE once crafted/posted.
The below is from my post: Curivari Buenaventura Crema - Cigar Review
"Curivari is a brand that would appear rather well-known for its strange business behaviors. It employs odd shipping and order-filling practices, remains incredibly hard to successfully contact, and touts a website which looks a few-years worth of abandoned.
As to their stogies proper, they are one of many brands looking to ape Cuban offerings in Nicaraguan soils. Again though, irregular tendencies prevail in that they take that familiar goal a step further and try to match specific Cuban blends. I'm not sure what this one is supposed to taste like, or if that tact was taken here."
To note, whenst I posted links to the full review, someone from the brand nigh immediately responded and quite nicely-so, "Thank you so much for taking the time to review our Buenaventura Crema. We sincerely apologize if we have been difficult to reach in the past, and are working hard to fix those issues. We hope you have a chance to try more from our line!"
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