Kristoff Cigars
Pistoff Kristoff
WRAPPER: San Andrean
BINDER: Indonesian
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: 5.5 x 54 Robusto pig-tail'd cap & closed-foot
ORIGIN: Charles Fairmorn, Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Full
WEBSITE: kristoff.com
This is not labeled as a REDUX even tho I did take a somewhat look-see at this blend prior. That 2017 somewhat look-see can be seen HERE. I promise to do better. thx
NOTES:
NOTES:
Cayenne pepper | Patent leather | Black walnut
Anise seed & molasses ebb & flow in a pretty neat tandem. Always w/ the cayenne tho, this blend. Rather sharply-so. A punch in the gut, say. I promised myself I wouldn't cry. Patent leather gives a bit of structure but dryly & lacking in savoriness. Black walnut, shells only, lends to a sharp lack of fleshy heft. The whole is hoisted by an ashy mineral metallic bent.
Smoky to charcoaly, particularly in the middlings. Black peppercorn. Some salted scorched earth, still warm to the touch. There is a pleasant almost surprising purple floral lilt on the back-end. Dark grains, a bit of a boozy tendency, & spins. I know. Spins ain't so much a note. Imbalanced toward strength & spicy boom. A cigar with a chip on its shoulder and its tongue in an ashtray. Nuances are there but there is salty minerality. No real complexities that hang around fully, as the intent here is delivery on a hard line.
So that intent is met. If you like paying a prostitute extra to dig her stiletto heel into your change purse, get two of these. Simple & effective. Grows particularly nice ash of silver sheathing. Draws evenly. Burns straight. Floral draw votes are in the aroma, as well. Along with an ashtray and some highway paving. I'm not crying, you're crying. Finish is bitter-spicy & quite sparse, furnished like an interrogation room. Ends cleanly to its credit.
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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