Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Acosta Cigar Co. La Lujuria in Review

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Acosta Cigar Co. 
La Lujuria Double Robusto

WRAPPER: Mexico San Andres Maduro
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: 6.5x56 "Double Robusto"
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full

WEBSITE: acostacigars.com

NOTES:
Espresso | Semi-sweet chocolate | Buttery oak

Consistent not-linear. Balanced, well-delivered. Stubbly-smooth. Dense. Ray-of-light[roasted orange]allowance. Dessert-ish. Mnemonic device: remember 'ss'? Everyone wants 's'econd helpings (dessert. Plus-size Barbie). CHOCOLATE, semi-sweet capitol b-i-g; typical vanilla-addition. Espresso, fresh-pulled, admirable/memorable crema.[clean

Front-end on-back,] structured via sensational buttery-oak. Superb|delineations. Mid-palate: second-verse, same as the-first. [I am I am] forest floor earthiness savorily-injected. Leather, oils. Nutty-creaminess grows-grows. Black walnut. +Pumpernickel. 2/3 brings emboldened (still calm) black pepper, smoked paprika. Finishes longly -- top-note+spice.

Lip-smacking. Burns tick-quick(1/3), slight-wobble. Un-egregiously. Soft-spot north-of-band. Draws excellently. Moderate smoke out-put, lighter-than-expected sweet/savory room-note. Goodly ash-stack. Simple, well-served fare. Two-pairs well-handled makes a full house fold.

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

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

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