Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Diesel Cigars Crucible in Review

lo-fi & lovely

Diesel Crucible 
The Forged Cigar Co. 
“Elixir Trilogy"

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: Honduran
FILLER: Nicaraguan

BLENDER: AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews
MANUFACTURER: Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez

FORMAT: Toro (652) soft-press
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full

NOTES:
LEATHER | Spiced earth | Dark chocolate

Oh, so leathery--olfactory & palate-wise. Leather. Not oily, but like a boot. Boot leather. Overwhelmingly-so unbalanced always and at times, harshly. Then earth... potting soil, say. Some baking spices and a surprisingly subtle (in a not-subtle profile) black pepper. Finally, a waxy dark chocolate that devolves into bitter baking chocolate. All that, on a line and rather throatily.

There is a version of depth, however. The sort of depth that's born from punching a dent in a steel door, then punching the dent. Repeatedly. I already covered one transition (cocoa) there is a second unkind movement--toward asphalt at the second-third's end, and on-out. Just before then a black walnut almosts real hard. Oh and at the start of the 2/3, a try at espresso gets pummeled. 3/3 N-I-C-O-T-I-N-E.

Burns slow & cool in a plodding fashion. Nice enough burn-line. Dark ash grows to desirable lengths only at times; it's just as prone to dryly flake. The draw tends to be hesitant throughout and at one time just poofs out at the mid-way mark. Smoke out-put is helter-skelter but when it chugs, the aroma is a more supple than on the draw leather w/ a neat sweetness that's nowhere in the smoke-hole. The thing trudges, stomping here & there.

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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