ATL Cigar Co. Libertad in Review
WRAPPER: Nicaraguan Corojo
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
BLENDER: undisclosed
MANUFACTURER: TABSA
FORMAT: Toro (6.5x54) pig-tail cap
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Light-medium/Medium
WEBSITE: www.atlcigar.co
NOTES:
Oak | Lemon meringue | Boiled peanuts
Quite steered by a somewhat precocious lemon cream. Lemon meringue, tartly-sweetly. Pleasant but a bit+ on tilt. Delineations are well-braced by a lively oak w/ another look at youth to it. Boiled peanuts progress into a cashew butter addition. As the 2/3 sets in, on come white raisins and a slight nougat. Some blonde-roasted java, thinly. Bright profile, hi-flying but also tethered to golden earth w/ kaolin lilt. White pepper.
Exuberantly complex, not overly bratty. HAPPY TO BE HERE. Good transitions. Depths are somewhat lacking in nuance. Sweet-sour both forward & back. Spices do eventually (mid 2/3) set in. White cinnamon, cardamom, a dash of clove. A summer's day smoke, certainly. Floral yellow & white notes ebb & flow. The creaminess does retain a decent heft, while mostly avoiding being cloying. A sip of lemonade note is germane. Piquant.
Burns slow-slow and cool. Moderate passive & active smoke out-put yields a sugar cookie, thin suede room-note. Flirts a tick w/ sharpness. Draws a bit snugly, opens-some after I shove a toothpick thru tightly bunched leaves. Burn requires a 1/3 re-direct, which it willingly accepts--then goes plum out near mid-point. Ash grows to a marbled aerated inch of growth. Seams loosen in 3/3. Not hard/soft spots in the roll. A white-knuckle end to a jittery time.
TASTE: B
DRAW: B-
BURN: B-
BUILD: B-
FINAL GRADE: B-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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DRAW: B-
BURN: B-
BUILD: B-
FINAL GRADE: B-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
kaplowitzmedia@mail.com
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