Dapper Cigar Co. Desvalido
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian
BINDER: USA
FILLER: Nicaraguan & undisclosed
FORMAT: Toro
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium
NOTES:
Honey | Suede | Hazelnut coffee
Sweet & rich. Why are all the good ones taken? Structured well via a buttery cedar in a bend-not-break fashion. The sweetness comes on a buckwheat honey note, then on an additional instant (hazelnut) flavored coffee. Suede is a dusty fusty un-rhyming yet poultry-level savory thing. Some nifty floral bits spike up from the undertones hither/thither. Dandelion & chamomile. Very apple-y chamomile... a certain apple-woodiness.
Creamy midsection. Total dad bod lol. Orange blossom honey, cocoa butter, something like Cracker Jack. Something a lot like that, actually. Nuanced quite well & moderately complex particularly when its citrus tendencies form their own pith in the malty orange blossom glace. The balance is nice once a white peppercorn & light clove pepper-spice arrives at the end of 1/3. Surprising yet too, subtle intricacies. I wanna say "cute."
A split-ash requires a re-touch after worked thru in the 2/3. B I G smoky-smoke culminates in a sweet leathery albeit somewhat dank room-note. Heavy in the air, somewhat cloyingly. Heavier-so than on the palate. Other than that split, ash builds well. Draws a tick moist but evenly w/ a keen amm't of resistance. Sneaky strength in the 3/3 gives a nice buzz. All told a sweet meandering walk-about of a smoke, w/ excellent looks at malty-fusty-dusty-musty pastoral scenes. Foggy ones.
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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