ACE Prime Cigars MXS Tiago Splitter Signature "The Earth it Grows From (w/ Vegetal Lilt)"

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MXS Tiago Splitter 

Signature by ACE Prime

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Sumatra
BINDER: Nicaraguan 
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican

FORMAT: Robusto (552)
ORIGIN: Tabacalera La Alianza, SA Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium

WEBSITE: stogiebird.com

NOTES:

Cocoa butter | Citrus | Bright spices

A funny thing we cigar reviewers do in our tobacco tasting notes is to seldom mention tobacco as a note. I say this 'cause here is a cigar that leads with tobacco. Nuts, huh? (Cashew butter to be exact.) What does tobacco taste like? Predominantly the earth it grows from (w/ vegetal lilt). Some citrus brightness which casts rays into baking spices. A cocoa butter then added caramel sweetness.

White peppercorn yields to ground black pepper via evolution & delineation in 2/3. Prior to that, it's hard to pick cleanly from orange pith citrus. Undertones offer some light savoriness via chicken coop & oats. A praline note rises at the half, dropping to the palate off a retro-hale w/ amplified still smooth pepper-spice. Creamy gate-to-wire, toasts on the trip. Cappuccino. 

An unspectacular profile but one that's spectacularly pleasant. Performance-wise, this offering is sans legit complaint. A nit-pick is an imperfectly even char which never requires attn. pffft. Big smoke out-put yields a natty 'baccy room-note w/ trailing cedar. That cedar is on the moderate finish, as well. Sidling up there next to primary notes. Builds nice ash, seams stay tight, cap holds admirably. Draw is silky-smooth. Pleasant.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: A
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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