Regina Cigars
Honduran Collection
Trinitas
WRAPPER: Sumatra Exclusivo
BINDER: Undisclosed
FILLER: Undisclosed
FORMAT: Toro (closed-foot pig-tail cap)
ORIGIN: Honduran (Oscar Valladares blend)
STRENGTH: Medium-Full
WEBSITE: www.reginacigars.com
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Robust earthen core w/slight then not-so-slight flinty minerality. Inherent & diminishing via progression sweetness via driving cocoa. Black pepper (which is quite sharp thru the nose). Spices: clove, nutmeg, anise seeds. The core is all there is, in a way. It permeates the landscape, making all the notated notes aspects of it. That stated, there's really not a way to orient oneself here via top/under-notes.
... & if that core bit sounds terrible to you -- you are wrong. If you don't get what I mean -- I can understand that. Dark chocolate enters in at the 1/2-way point, earth bit gets a savoriness. Compost, barnyard. Dense. Yet also ends cleanly after long sweet tilled soil legs. Mouth-feel is a tick gruff, but I abraded my palate w/ a frozen pizza last night. Hand-feel is notably smooth. Dark grains fold into the 3/3.
So. I'll say this is moderately complex. Also packs a nice zetz. Deep, deep, deeply nuanced. The final act is tinny metallic some. Weighty balance. Not spectacular, but dependable. Well built. Excellent draw. Long toothy ash. Moderate smoke out-put with a sharp earthy room-note. Zero hard/soft spots. "Heavy is good. Heavy is reliable." -- Boris the Blade [... "If it doesn't work, you can always hit 'em with it."] But I don't think the wrapper would hold. I taste gunpowder.
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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