Friday, August 21, 2020

Illusione Cigars Mj12 in Review "Six Out of Seven Heavens"

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Illusione Cigars 
Original Documents
Mj12 'Plan Mj' 1949 

WRAPPER: Nicaraguan Corojo
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Toro Gordo (656)
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Full

WEBSITE: illusionecigars.com

NOTES:
Mocha | Leather | Spice

I'm no Kabbalist but picture the Tree of Life. Now picture it as a flavorscape. Now lettuce address this cigar. B I G stuff in the Keter. Heavy, rounded, balanced notes: mocha chocolate-coffee swirling, a supple yet thick leather, a dusty Southwest spice rack made of staunchly-structured cedar. Finishes on long legs of mainly shekhinah notes but I get ahead of myself.

See the shekhinah? It tastes like evolving happenings. Toasted caramel, roasted orange, kasha (buckwheat), chicory, potpourri. Now the tiferet --- it's the earthen core which borrows in orchestrated turns from all I've mentioned thus far. Dark but aerated like a chocolate bar w/ Russian lettering on its wrapper. Unfamiliar w/ Kaballistic imagery? Picture a snowman; mentioned head, ass, gut.

Both overt & subtle. Easy & demanding. Willing to go as deep as ya like. Nuanced to beat the band. Complex, soitenly. Transitional? Only a tick shy of Ms. Jenner but far less jarring & always circling-back. Balance could use a whisper more savory input. Still, it's lip-smacking & drool-inducing so whatta I know? Construction/combustion: six out of Seven Heavens. Details thereof: [redacted]. Boring in comparison to rest of text.

FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

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