Kristoff Cigars JT
Signature Series
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian HVA Habano
BINDER: Sumatra
FILLER: Mexican San Andrés, Dominican Republic
FORMAT: Toro Extra box-press, pig-tail cap, unfinished foot
ORIGIN: Charles Fairmorn, Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium-Full
WEBSITE: kristoff.com
NOTES:
Cedar | Black peppercorn | Almonds
A fusty, not mottled delivery. The structure is held via a rather stoic cedar. Mossy there, fuzzy. Lush w/ surrounding vegetation. Black peppercorn (coarse round) & Almonds (blanched) play closely together. Close to pepper from up-under is a dusty spice rack. Situated similarly under almonds are roasted coffee beans, dark & oily. All this sitting within blurry borders but again, bordered nonetheless. Illustrated a la Dr. Katz, say?
Other undertones are predominantly surrounding a leathery earthen core. Rye, clotted cream, a bit of buckwheat honey mainly there to carry a rather intriguing malt note, funky in a good way. Sweet in an inherent manner. Savory in a vegetal way. Kindly peppered w/ pepper. Lacking some in sour/saltiness but not egregiously 'nuff-so to be stripped of being considered balanced. Somewhat lacking in complexity but compensated in deep nuances. No transitions. A country drive on a foggy day of a cigar.
Very smoky-smoke out-put yields a somewhat muted sweet-savory nose. A bit ashy. Tends to burn hot, requiring less pulls lest it burns too quick. This is in keeping w/ its somewhat sedate profile. Seems apropos. Germane. This word-of-the-day calendar is truly paying dividends. Draw is open, smoothly, not airily-so. Ash grows to moderate lengths. The whole thing just sorta feels nice in the hand... smooth, effortless. Harkening back to fancy previous words re the profile itself. Indubitably.
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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