WRAPPER: Nicaraguan Broadleaf
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Figurado (558)
ORIGIN: San Lotano (AJF) Ocotal, Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Full
WEBSITE: www.espinosacigars.com
NOTES:
Dark chocolate | Spanish cedar | Cuban coffee
Here's the trick: once this Nica puro hits its full girth, VWOOSH it's as if opening an empty Spanish cedar lined humi. One that's been closed a while, & you're holding your face up-close. Prior to that & after, it's Broadleaf, baby. Fudgy-dense dark chocolate, Cuban style coffee (espresso w/ a caramelized sugar). Black peppercorn of a noteworthy height but dipped in heavily toasted creamy lushness.
Undertones of molasses, dark grain, thick hidey leather. Very well-structured by the cedar & pepper. Delineated & full. Heavy af but not cloying on the palate. Some in&out of blackberry & blackcurrant, ripe to the point of dripping into the body. Finishes as big as its draw -- inky & inherently sweet w/ lingering spicy kicker. Cumin & smoked paprika. A sweet & woody mace. In your face w/ a BOOM but also has deep depths & surprisingly elegant nuances.
The Perfecto nipple pulls a bit sluggish till its quickly burnt-thru. From there, the draw is a bit snug but even & sating. Char-line is dead-even. Pack holds firm & holds a shit-ton of 'baccy. Pacing is menacingly slow; deliberate & delightfully ominous. Voluminous smoke out-put allows the primary notes to sit heavy & long in the air. A bunker buster w/ calm thoughtful aftermath. If at all possible, have yours lit by a pin-up model. Then have her grill you a nice steak. Then tell me how you managed all that.
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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