Illusione Cigars 888 Necessary & Sufficient Maduro in Review "Leaving Nothing for the Wanting"

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Illusione Cigars 888 Maduro

Necessary & Sufficient

WRAPPER: Mexican San Andreas
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Churchill
ORIGIN: TABSA Esteli, Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium

WEBSITE: www.illusionecigars.com

NOTES:

Ripe fruits | Cinnamon raisin toast | Mexican chocolate

All dark ripe fruits, red spices, and inherent sweetnesses. Decent backbone, structure. That latest mention via a fresh even lively oak. Good weight, nice rays of light showing off nuances. Deeper. Fruits are low hanging plums, mulberries, figs. Juicy. Firmed up by a slab of toasted cinnamon raisin bread. Gooey'd back up again by Mexican hot chocolate. 

Complex in terms of notes & deliveries. Speaking of delivery, I haven't got mail in days. Undertones of wine cask, & wait... I haven't dissected spices: nutmeg & cinnamon. More undertones: vanilla bean, a glossy toasted fluff of meringue. Traces of red to cayenne pepper. Well-formed & balanced. Rich not cloying. Olfactory savoriness, leathery oils. Beautiful if not captivating.

Burns on an even-line that grows a somewhat chunky dry ash. Pulls a bit snug out of the gate but loosens nicely & well-before the wire. At the onset, smoke is a tick wispy. Once opened there's a rewarding Devil's food cake addition. Excellent pacing, good construction all-told. Whets the appetite & cleanses the plate & lives up to its nom de tobacco, leaving nothing in particular for the wanting.

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

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