Blackbird Cigars Unkind (formerly Raven) in Review
WRAPPER: Brazilian
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Pennsylvanian
FORMAT: Robusto (covered foot)
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium-full
NOTES:
Mesquite | Black peppercorn | Medicinal cherry
Denis Leary called NyQuil AA's 13th step. The addition of 'cherry flavored' to the "green death" flavor he cited in that bit is nicely displayed here on the cigar's finish. A boozy, medicinal cherry. Mesquite dryly drives the profile, delineates it quite well, ultimately showcasing a skeleton lacking in flesh. Black pepper is gruff, a dark chocolate attachment waxily eases it some.
I wait for spices to form depths like the kid whose dad ran out for milk & never came back. Piquant, hollow. A toasted caramel only almost separates the chocolate in the 3/3. Then tar, asphalt. Burnt almonds try a tick prior to that. Ultimately, it's just abrasive and empty-fleeting. The linear mesquite note does hold on a frozen rope of a line-drive thru-out but is pestered along its way*.
The burn-line needs re-direction a couple/few times and even-so--never perfects nearly. The char is wavy, jagged, and thick. Ash is dry and flaky... at one point mid-way, it does make a near-inch. The draw is all over the place; hesitant & stiff. Smoke out-put follows that suit in an eye-tearing manner. All told, static. static as in lacking in movement as well as in *disrupted communications.
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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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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