Aging Room Cigars
Quattro Nicaragua Maestro
WRAPPER: Nicaraguan
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Box-pressed torpedo (652)
ORIGIN: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez de Nicaragua S.A.
INTENSITY: Medium/Med.-full
NOTES:
WRAPPER: Nicaraguan
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Box-pressed torpedo (652)
ORIGIN: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez de Nicaragua S.A.
INTENSITY: Medium/Med.-full
NOTES:
Dark chocolate | Oak | Black walnut
Two experiences, one cigar. There's on-ahead black pepper flake driven dark chocolate, braced by charred oak barrels. There's a meandering black walnut delivery w/ hints of softer caramel, molasses, and dusty spices. Cinnamon, nutmeg, clove hint. I expected a weightier decadence, all-'round. The draw's body registers via that second offering, in a less than rich manner. Finishes brilliantly in sync.
Twixt is loose dark composted earth. Layered & nuanced but hidden-some. Top-notes drive a rig thru the night on an 8-lane hi-way & tight schedule. It's at odds with itself, this profile. But too, it's delightful if uneven juxtaposition. It's good ::: very ::: good. I want to hide in it and let it engulf me -- but am disappointed it won't allow that. Wants watched adoringly, not touched. Like dating a fashion model, I imagine.
Combusts better than damn near any other smoke. Draws perfectly. Built wonderfully. Performance par-excellence. Smoke out-put is again a tick lighter that expected but culminates in a savory leather manner that finds & funds evolving finish. In-betweens do flesh out in a Malbec fashion. Still, leaves me wanting more nuance, more explorable blankets on its bed. Or more elegance. An extra pillow? Icarus.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: A-
BURN: A
BUILD: A
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
DRAW: A-
BURN: A
BUILD: A
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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