Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Bocock Brothers Cigars World Traveler Connecticut (Robusto) in Review

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Bocock  Brothers Cigars 
World Traveler Connecticut

WRAPPER: USA Connecticut
BINDER: Costa Rican
FILLER: Honduran, Ncaraguan

BLENDER: Raydel Lezcano
MANUFACTURER: San Judas Tadeo

FORMAT: Robusto
ORIGIN: Honduras
INTENSITY: Mild-medium/Medium

NOTES:
Suede | Balsa wood | Citrus

Creamy & earthy w/ light-sweet attachments to each. Suede envelops earth then together forms an airy-wide core. Softwood, balsa wood, the softest--it does structure well, though. At once nicely delineated and well fleshed-out, rich. Citrus is a limon thing, candied. Cardamom, flaky pastry, tea leaves, and dandelion flowers. A bit dewy. Separately, a bit minerally. Butterscotch.

Errs tick-toward acidic at times, w/ a corroborating dark ash showing lack of soil nutrients. Does smooth via warming but never corrects entirely. Some nifty cocoa butter I associate w/ CR 'baccy comes on in at mid-point. Not complex but well-nuanced; although in those depths exist the acidic lilts. A bit grassy come 3/3, as the load lightens a tick in re body. Crisper, not crisp per se--never cloying. Clover honey.

Sloppy pre-light seams loosen a half-hair during progression but only concern cosmetics. Draws and burns sans complaint. Moderate+ smoke out-put adds a tick of snickerdoodle to sweet-cream aroma. Slight pale spices. All told, all is presented as well as can be. Without looking critically, this is a more than pleasant enough smoke, one that gets better & better. Yet runs out of time before becoming exquisite.

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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