Cavalier Geneve
White Series
WRAPPER: Habano
BINDER: Honduran
FILLER: Dominican, Honduran, Paraguayan
FORMAT: Diplomate 5.5x56
ORIGIN: Danli, Honduras
STRENGTH: Medium
WEBSITE: www.cavalier-cigars.com
The reasoning behind this redux is a switch from lesser-aged to more well-aged offering of same vitola & receipt. The original review (Dec. 2019) can be read at: https://bit.ly/2zxEUVa This 2d will not reference that 1t. You should read it anyway. It is superbly written.
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Honey | Ginger | Cocoa butter
"[Honey] acacia, apple blossom, blueberry, carob seed, orange blossom." Me, in my initial review of this offering, I linked above. Matter of fact, it's immediately clear that consistency is big. A rework here more so than redux? Perhaps. The honey notes are met w/ a buttery pale exotic spice steered by white ginger.
Suede-wrapped white peppercorn structures nicely as well as highlights components of honey varietals -- thus forms middlings. All that underneath the plush & posh cocoa butter primary section. Underbelly brings sunny earth w/ traces of terra cotta & slight kaolin. Chicken coop is there, ebbing/flowing. A buttery cedar, ditto.
Luscious. Deep soft nuances. Wide-turning scenic complexities. Well-rounded. Supremely balanced. The aroma is so fucking pretty, heavy but airy -- not cumbersome -- sweetly hidey w/ floral components. Kind, even with its peppery kick. Graham cracker pie crust begins in the room-note, finds its way to the sweet-spicy-savory long-legged finish at 'round the 1/2.
Draws like a dream. Burns on an even line. Grows well-built ash. Care-free combustion & construction allows all attention to be placed upon one of the more flavorful & skillfully delivered profiles I've smoked in recent memory. Decadent. Now, if you'll be so kind, I'd prefer to enjoy the remainder alone.
FINAL GRADE: A
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
Suede-wrapped white peppercorn structures nicely as well as highlights components of honey varietals -- thus forms middlings. All that underneath the plush & posh cocoa butter primary section. Underbelly brings sunny earth w/ traces of terra cotta & slight kaolin. Chicken coop is there, ebbing/flowing. A buttery cedar, ditto.
Luscious. Deep soft nuances. Wide-turning scenic complexities. Well-rounded. Supremely balanced. The aroma is so fucking pretty, heavy but airy -- not cumbersome -- sweetly hidey w/ floral components. Kind, even with its peppery kick. Graham cracker pie crust begins in the room-note, finds its way to the sweet-spicy-savory long-legged finish at 'round the 1/2.
Draws like a dream. Burns on an even line. Grows well-built ash. Care-free combustion & construction allows all attention to be placed upon one of the more flavorful & skillfully delivered profiles I've smoked in recent memory. Decadent. Now, if you'll be so kind, I'd prefer to enjoy the remainder alone.
FINAL GRADE: A
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
::: very :::