Cavalier Geneve Cigars
Black Series (USA Exclusive)
WRAPPER: San Andres Negra
BINDER: Arapiraca
FILLER: Honduran, Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Robusto pig-tail
ORIGIN: San Judas Tadeo, Honduras
STRENGTH: Med. Full
WEBSITE: www.cavalier-cigars.com
NOTES:
Sultry. Crisp. Kinda a weird combo, that. Patent leather & smooth black pepper. Dark chocolate shavings, a bit waxily. Undertones are a high-flying espresso, lemony twist, thin sarsparilla & thinner molasses. Underneath is dried compost piled in a barnyard. The delineation is at once splendid & also vague. Structurally sound, but of indistinct notes. Nutty woodsy? Big void there.
A tick watery. A bit imbalanced in its bittersweet bias & even that is tilted toward bitter... savoriness is lacking. Pepper-spice dials a lil too far back outta the gate. A dark mineral lilt fills in. Lacking nuance but making up in some nice complexities. Just feels like it needs some more meat on its bones. Room-note carries a bit of tar in it. That hits the draw past mid-way. Becomes a bit diesely. The profile is very much a caricature of the American palate; perhaps drawn w/ the wrong ink (tobacco).
Burns on a decent line. Grows excellent ash. Draws a hair spongy/hesitant. Smoke out-put, particularly active, is bigly -- which makes the aforementioned bitter >>> sweet lack of aroma seem odd. Burns at a nice even pace. There is a mild soft-spot just past the 1/2, but rest of build is quite nice -- seams, cap, etc. A quite serviceable stick, however lacking to a critical eye.
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
WRAPPER: San Andres Negra
BINDER: Arapiraca
FILLER: Honduran, Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Robusto pig-tail
ORIGIN: San Judas Tadeo, Honduras
STRENGTH: Med. Full
WEBSITE: www.cavalier-cigars.com
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Sultry. Crisp. Kinda a weird combo, that. Patent leather & smooth black pepper. Dark chocolate shavings, a bit waxily. Undertones are a high-flying espresso, lemony twist, thin sarsparilla & thinner molasses. Underneath is dried compost piled in a barnyard. The delineation is at once splendid & also vague. Structurally sound, but of indistinct notes. Nutty woodsy? Big void there.
A tick watery. A bit imbalanced in its bittersweet bias & even that is tilted toward bitter... savoriness is lacking. Pepper-spice dials a lil too far back outta the gate. A dark mineral lilt fills in. Lacking nuance but making up in some nice complexities. Just feels like it needs some more meat on its bones. Room-note carries a bit of tar in it. That hits the draw past mid-way. Becomes a bit diesely. The profile is very much a caricature of the American palate; perhaps drawn w/ the wrong ink (tobacco).
Burns on a decent line. Grows excellent ash. Draws a hair spongy/hesitant. Smoke out-put, particularly active, is bigly -- which makes the aforementioned bitter >>> sweet lack of aroma seem odd. Burns at a nice even pace. There is a mild soft-spot just past the 1/2, but rest of build is quite nice -- seams, cap, etc. A quite serviceable stick, however lacking to a critical eye.
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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