Brun del Re Cigars 1787 Rainforest
WRAPPER: Costa Rican
BINDER: Costa Rican
FILLER: Costa Rican
FORMAT: Short Robusto (3.5x50)
Pig-tail cap, unfinished foot.
TASTE: B+
DRAW: A-
BURN: A-
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
ORIGIN: Costa Rica
INTENSITY: Mild-medium/Medium
WEBSITE: brundelrecigars.com
NOTES:
INTENSITY: Mild-medium/Medium
WEBSITE: brundelrecigars.com
NOTES:
White pepper | Cocoa butter | Citrus
Warm, clean orange citrus is laid-down early. Lays there consistently, all lightly roasted smooth. White peppercorn braces, simply-kindly. Cocoa butter fleshes out the profile sweetly, perhaps a tick cloyingly at times. A retro-hale cleans via conjuring up zesty spices. Cardamom, saffron, more pepper. Excellent balance.
Nethers are bright rich earthiness, a graham flour lilt. Nice light depths, fluffy. Calm, moderate complexities. For all the fluff & richness, as well as a burgeoning & almost sparkling oiliness, there are some rough edges hither/thither. Not egregious, but noticeable. Wildflower honey.
Performance-wise, there is the lone gripe of a somewhat loosey-goosey top-leaf surrounding cap & shoulder. A fitted sheet with weakening elastic at its corners. That said, burn, build, and ash growth are quite admirably displayed. A high-point too is the cigar's sweet-spicy alluring aroma. A sedate & uncumbersome thing, all-told. Attainable and pleasing.
TASTE: B+
DRAW: A-
BURN: A-
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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