Tabacos de la Cordillera
by IGM Cigars
El Centauro de Oro
WRAPPER: Costa Rican
BINDER: Costa Rican
FILLER: Costa Rican
FORMAT: Gordo
ORIGIN: Costa Rica
INTENSITY: Light-Medium
WEBSITE: www.tabacordilleracr.com
NOTES:
Cocoa butter | Cashew | Clotted cream
Big. Size-wise, its band requires a black tape extension to reach-around... uh.. wrap-around its... uh... girth. Flavor-wise, it's brightly dusty big, as well. But arrives there in a clustered undelineated manner. Unchanging. Primaries trickle down into nuanced meanderings with each-other in middlings. Under-belly is terra cotta laced sandy earthiness. Tick minerally.
Ah, primaries. Not a lot more to say, really. Cocoa butter, cashew (nuts then butter via progression -- a sole transition), & clotted cream have a difficult time separating. They seem to bounce off then hug each other in a muted cacophony. Some citrus pith ebbs & flows here & there. A bit of cream soda. So. Much. Tobacco. A bit laborious, say.
Wrapper leaf crackles audibly at scant times, a tick of visible crackling once or twice. Minimally & only cosmetically. Draws well, a slight half-tick of even-keeled tension. Burns on a bit of a wobble which is self-correcting. Quite smoky, a savory grain & earthen aroma. Ash is a builder, for sure. Stacks dimes, or more appropriately, nickles. Finish is sweet, short, & growingly gritty, dry. Cardboard.
Bland, all told, sans a sparsely scattered & pale exotic spice lilt. A nice offering to pair with a vat of diner coffee. A hammock of graham crackers. A backpack of mixed nuts. Are we there yet? Who wants to play Punch Buggy? Fine, dad. Turn this car around...
FINAL GRADE: C+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
WRAPPER: Costa Rican
BINDER: Costa Rican
FILLER: Costa Rican
FORMAT: Gordo
ORIGIN: Costa Rica
INTENSITY: Light-Medium
WEBSITE: www.tabacordilleracr.com
NOTES:
Cocoa butter | Cashew | Clotted cream
Big. Size-wise, its band requires a black tape extension to reach-around... uh.. wrap-around its... uh... girth. Flavor-wise, it's brightly dusty big, as well. But arrives there in a clustered undelineated manner. Unchanging. Primaries trickle down into nuanced meanderings with each-other in middlings. Under-belly is terra cotta laced sandy earthiness. Tick minerally.
Ah, primaries. Not a lot more to say, really. Cocoa butter, cashew (nuts then butter via progression -- a sole transition), & clotted cream have a difficult time separating. They seem to bounce off then hug each other in a muted cacophony. Some citrus pith ebbs & flows here & there. A bit of cream soda. So. Much. Tobacco. A bit laborious, say.
Wrapper leaf crackles audibly at scant times, a tick of visible crackling once or twice. Minimally & only cosmetically. Draws well, a slight half-tick of even-keeled tension. Burns on a bit of a wobble which is self-correcting. Quite smoky, a savory grain & earthen aroma. Ash is a builder, for sure. Stacks dimes, or more appropriately, nickles. Finish is sweet, short, & growingly gritty, dry. Cardboard.
Bland, all told, sans a sparsely scattered & pale exotic spice lilt. A nice offering to pair with a vat of diner coffee. A hammock of graham crackers. A backpack of mixed nuts. Are we there yet? Who wants to play Punch Buggy? Fine, dad. Turn this car around...
FINAL GRADE: C+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
::: very :::