Micallef Cigars Migdalia | Cigar Review by Kaplowitz

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Micallef Migdalia

WRAPPER: San Andres Habano
BINDER: Sumatra
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican

FORMAT: Corona Gorda
ORIGIN: Micallef Cigars Factory, Nicaragua

STRENGTH: Medium-Full

WEBSITE: www.micallefcigars.com

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NOTES:

Leather-oiled fustiness. The aroma of a dusty study. Top-notes: pepper-spiced melange (red pepper, cumin, cinnamon, smoked paprika). These are muted yet powerful. Well-aged. Smoothed into burgeoning toasted cream via progression. The leather I already mentioned, & its oils. A cedar bracing. 

Pushing up from the undertones is a rich milk chocolate w/ malt accompaniment. Then good coffee, some pecan and dandelion floral lilt, on-down. Underbelly is a terra cotta earthiness. Finish is sweet spices on moderate legs, a bit muted, pleasantly-so. A sense of cashew butter. Ends clean after a hint of tropical fruit.

Burns on an even line after some self-corrected jaggedness out of the gate. Nice languid even pacing. Goodly smoke out-put both passive & active. Excellent draw. Marbled ash builds to an inch at a time, dry but shy of flaky. A classically profiled smoke with a lovely delivery. 

FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

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