Illusione Cigars Cigares Prive Corojo Robusto in Review ""Autumnal" is the Thinking Man's Pumpkin Spice"

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Illusione Cigares Prive 

Corojo Robusto

WRAPPER: Nicaraguan Rosado Corojo
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaragan

FORMAT: Robusto (552)
ORIGIN: Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA) Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium

WEBSITE: www.illusionecigars.com

NOTES:

Spiced cream | Pine nuts | Sweet cedar 

A middleweight, rehydrated & bulked up to cruiserweight come fight-night. Well-rounded & smoothly delivered. Sweet cream body & flavors. Delineating cedar is sweet, thin but stoic. A butterscotch note trails there. Pine nuts help enforce border & also lend a softened pignoli cookie. Spices are quite autumnal. "Autumnal" is the thinking man's pumpkin spice.

Undertones are plush-heavy & pale-ish leather... a workboot suede, say. Sweet hay underfoot. White pepper ground finely finds Fall. A poultry & fungal savoriness is just over-top golden earth underbelly. White raisins are in & out on the palate; always there on the olfactory. At the 1/2, a malted milkshake boards. That's when cedar flexes, holds the pose. Complex, nuanced. Check, check. Nifty transition. Superb balance.

Burns on a stubborn curve. Draws tentatively in the first act, then smooths-out. Rolled like a brick shithouse is built. Dense ash is stacked, not sheathed, oiler on its innards than outtards. Strength never rocks the boat but does come on sneaky-strong toward 3/3. Pacing is excellent. Aroma is sweet-spice savory, as is the long-legged finish. Legs... excellent footwork. Shame that the Cruiserweight division never catches on in the US.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: B
BUILD: A-

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

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