Stolen Throne
Call to Arms
WRAPPER: Sumatra
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Corona
ORIGIN: Flor de San Luis, Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-Full
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The reasoning behind this redux is a switch from the Robusto to Corona vitola. The original R review may be read HERE. This 2d will not reference that 1t. You should read it anyway. It is superbly written.
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Spices | Cream | Honey
Clove leads nutmeg & cinnamon. White & red peppers. Creamy cream cream burgeoning buttery-sweetly but inherently & with maturity, un-cloyingly. Cocoa butter, milk chocolate. Honey, malty and a bit fusty & enveloped by graham flour, toasted, read: honey graham cracker. Leather, then added leathery oils. Hidey, meaty. Oh, my. Structured via a buttery cedar, rigidly richly-so. Robust, weighty but also sunny. Complex. Supremely focused.
Finishes on long legs, interestingly enough predominantly consisting of undertones carried by sweet spices. Separate orange blossom honey, dandelion & chamomile, cream again, peanut butter. All delineated, well-orchestrated. White peppercorn. A spotlight shone on each in each's turn. Underbelly is terra cotta clay earthiness; a touch of chicken coop & oat savoriness.
Transitional (the sweeping spotlight), complex af, & balanced to beat the band. A tour de force. "noun an impressive performance or achievement that has been accomplished or managed with great skill." - Oxford Languages. Performs impeccably. "adverb in accordance with the highest standards; faultlessly." -Oxford Languages. Aroma is leathery sweet spiciness w/ a tantalizing musty attachment. A classical smoking experience taken from the traditional to cutting-edge. A new classic, then.
T O P S HE L F.
"Top shelf may refer to: ... Top-shelf liquor, generally the most expensive brands of liquor served in a bar or nightclub. The upper section of netting on a Goal (ice hockey), between the crossbar and the horizontal backbar." -Wikipedia
"2 [from the placement of sexually explicit magazines for sale on high shelves out of the reach of children] British : containing pornographic material top-shelf magazines This year, retailers are going to come under increased pressure to clean up their acts." -Mirriam-Webster
FINAL GRADE: A+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
Twitter: @kaplowitzmedia
email: KaplowitzMedia@mail.com
Voice message: (541) 283-5978
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