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Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group
(VRCG) Dominican Blue
BINDER: Sumatran
FILLER: Dominican
FORMAT: Toro (pig-tail)
ORIGIN: Tabacalera L&V S.R.L. Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Mild-Medium/Medium
WEBSITE: www.vrcgcigars.com
NOTES:
Earth | Cocoa butter | Leather
Smokeable comfort food, other than being a bit drying to the palate. Predominately earthen w/ nice nuances there and aerated via rays of brightness. Cocoa butter permeates them rays, smoothly, simply. Cashew tries. Leather is oily & as much body as flavor. White peppercorn/citrus pith sidles up in-between primaries &...
Undertones: hay, a cardboard intrusion (dryness). Mainly buttery-sweet on account of more cocoa butter, a carob thing, butterscotch & honey. The underbelly is earthen; terra cotta & clay. A bit of separate suede, hidey if not gamey. Wants, all told, to be smoother than it ultimately is. Balanced but also a bit flat, broad. Not very complex. Still, a decent thing to smoke, just not to fawn-over & pick to critical bits.
Burns on a sluggish pacing w/ lagging top-leaf at times. Builds nice ash, however. Draws easy but too, a tick hollow. Aroma is a muted sweetness. Two soft-spots happen, one before lighting, another after. Seams aren't tight but do not loosen via progression. Rougher edges ease at the 1/2 but just sit broader on the tongue there-out.
TL;DR:
TASTE: B-
DRAW: B
BURN: B
BUILD: B
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
Social media: @kaplowitzmedia
email: KaplowitzMedia@mail.com
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