Saturday, March 20, 2021

DAV Cigars Habana Clasico Torpedo in Review

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DAV Cigars Habana Clasico Torpedo in Review

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habana 2000
BINDER: Dominican Olor
FILLER: Dominican

FORMAT: Torpedo (652)
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium/Medium-Full

WEBSITE: www.davcigars.com

NOTES:
Mulling spice | Fruit cake | Cedar

A self-assured profile. Tells you what it's going to tell you. Tells you. Tells you that it told you. Signs off w/ "Thanks for coming to my TED Talk." [mic drop] From first puff until final-rest in-tray, lock-step delivery. Smooth as in super fine-grit sandpaper, a slight Olor dryness brings the nifty tooth. Reads as decisively al dente. 

Mulling spice, heavy on the citrus rind. Always in balance. Fruitcake, yeasty-sweet & bearing dried fruits, nuts. Seriously delineated via a sweetly-seasoned cedar bracing. Rigid but not unreasonable. Speckled-bright clay earth, suede underbelly. In-between: milky-milk chocolate, a Swiss Miss packet flavored Mexicali-style. 

Performance-wise, there is an un-egregious wobbly-burn I see in many a Habana2k. Draw starts snug, eases quick. Ash clumps prior to making an inch. Smoke out-put is moderate, offers a fantastic sweet-spice aroma w/ savory back-end. A cigar that offers the best of what it is designed to offer. A superb presentation of its parts. 

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

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