Micallef Cigars
Herencia Habano
WRAPPER: Nicaraguan Habano
BINDER: Ecuadorian Sumatra
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Honduran
FORMAT: 5.5x52 Torpedo box press
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
STRENGTH: Medium
WEBSITE: www.micallefcigars.com
NOTES:
Malty milky cocoa, dusty fusty mulling spice. Alfalfa & avocado honey varietals. Undertones to them overs: predominantly bright but cloudy tilled earthiness; some leathery bits. A trace of poultry. A graham cracker pie crust. Underbelly is more of the aforementioned middlings, tamped-down a tick harder & offering a nice platform in that manner -- a la a hiking trail. Some terra cotta.
Mulling spices could use some more delineation via a peppery bracing, maybe. A scant amount of red pepper flake waits till past the 1/2 to appear. Milk chocolate has a hard time not being engulfed by earthen notes, as does graham. Again, bracing/backing is lacking. Still a pleasantly smooth thing with a bit of tingle to its short natty 'baccy finish.
Flavors & body earn a B+. The plus gets taken away due to performance. No major woes, just nagging injuries. A nice enough draw. Too, a wavy burn & fugly non-building airy ash. Excellent smoke out-put, again on the other hand but back to the first, not a lot of room-note... a suede-lilted earthy thing. I get the feeling this blend could be an awful lot more.
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
WRAPPER: Nicaraguan Habano
BINDER: Ecuadorian Sumatra
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Honduran
FORMAT: 5.5x52 Torpedo box press
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
STRENGTH: Medium
WEBSITE: www.micallefcigars.com
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Malty milky cocoa, dusty fusty mulling spice. Alfalfa & avocado honey varietals. Undertones to them overs: predominantly bright but cloudy tilled earthiness; some leathery bits. A trace of poultry. A graham cracker pie crust. Underbelly is more of the aforementioned middlings, tamped-down a tick harder & offering a nice platform in that manner -- a la a hiking trail. Some terra cotta.
Mulling spices could use some more delineation via a peppery bracing, maybe. A scant amount of red pepper flake waits till past the 1/2 to appear. Milk chocolate has a hard time not being engulfed by earthen notes, as does graham. Again, bracing/backing is lacking. Still a pleasantly smooth thing with a bit of tingle to its short natty 'baccy finish.
Flavors & body earn a B+. The plus gets taken away due to performance. No major woes, just nagging injuries. A nice enough draw. Too, a wavy burn & fugly non-building airy ash. Excellent smoke out-put, again on the other hand but back to the first, not a lot of room-note... a suede-lilted earthy thing. I get the feeling this blend could be an awful lot more.
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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