Tuesday, October 27, 2020

O.M. Cigars Essential Blend No. 5 in Review "Zenith & Excelsior & Whatnot"

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O.M. Cigars 
Essential Blend No. 5

WRAPPER: Mexican San Andres
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Dominican

FORMAT: 5.5x52 Petite Toro
ORIGIN: Dominican
INTENSITY: Med.-Full

WEBSITE: www.omcigars.com

NOTES:
Spices | Black cherry | Citrus

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... this offering's profile. Flying high & focused af. The comic book narrative where Supes has laser eye capabilities. I once worked with a guy who had a lazy eye. Nevertheless, zenith & excelsior & whatnot. Vapor trails. VOOSH. ok. Primaries are balled up tightly -- earthen spice rack. Chicory. Anise. Roasted orange. Black cherry. Tensely compressed in taut pleather.

Delivered a tick dryly-so. Undertones congregate alongside body & short clean puckering finish. Terra cotta, saffron, the wake of the primaries, settling bitter-sweetly. A deep savoriness comes in via a bone broth at the top of 2/3, salivate the palate. A thin liquid smoke. Finely ground black pepper. Soy sauce at the 3/3. Rest of profile remains unchanged. Scandent! Supernatant!(?)

Nice transitions, still. Moderately nuanced, lesser-so complex. Feels like running a marathon in a sprint. Some palate fatigue. Muted aroma. Draws quite nicely, smooth. Burns on an occasional self-correcting slight lag. Rolled firm firm firm. Seams & cap assemblage are built to take a Superman punch. Which reminds me: Roman Reigns sucks. (@WWE). If this stick is your sorta thing, it far from sucks. Dead ahead, at breakneck speed.

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

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

Other O.M. reviews:
OM Essential Blend No. 1
OM Essential Blend No. 2

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