GTO Cigars Torpedo Doble Capas in Review

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GTO Cigars
Torpedo *Doble Capas

(*Two Wrappers)

WRAPPER: Dominican Maduro | US Connecticut Shade
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Dominican

FORMAT: 650 box-pressed Torpedo barber-pole
ORIGIN: Tabacalera GTO Dominicana, DR
STRENGTH: Medium

WEBSITE: www.gtodominicancigars.com

NOTES:

Peanut butter | Cream | Pepper. Creamy core, lightly toasted & quite p/lushly received. Rich smooth mellow. Peanut butter is close to an inherent co-primary there. Lip-smacking. Pepper is a white peppercorn, smoothly -- & ground black still smoothly thru the nose. Undertones are a diner cup of loaded joe, salted caramel, and hint of cocoa butter -- particular to the lengthy finish. 

That finish is a sweet thing on a body of accumulated primaries and sweet seconds. Underbelly is creamy earth, bright but not glaringly, robustly. A half-tick dusty. Some chicken coop, some suede. Excellent complexities delivered subtly under the cover of sumptuous softness. Ditto to the nuance. Balance is excellent. The profile does flirt with cloying, but never fully transgresses there.

Very smoky-smoke both passive & active. In the aroma, peanuts turn to cashews & sweet savoriness gets a neat musty attachment. Burn-line wobbles a self-correcting 1/4-tick; as CT seems to burn slower than Maduro (barber-pole). Smokes a bit to the quick-side of moderate. Draw is open. Press rounds some by char but lasts on-down. A pleasantly care-free & EZ experience with depths that are apparent if sought after.

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

::: very :::