Monday, July 12, 2021

7-20-4 Cigars Factory 57 in Review

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7-20-4 Cigars Factory 57 in Review

WRAPPER: Nicaraguan Habano
BINDER: Costa Rican
FILLER: Honduran, Nicaraguan, San Andres Mexican, Colombian.

BLENDER: Kurt Kendall
MANUFACTURER: Tabacos de Oriente S.A

FORMAT: Toro (654)
ORIGIN: Honduras
INTENSITY: Medium-full

NOTES:
Cola | Semi-sweet chocolate | Cherry spiced rum

The cherry spiced rum note took me half of the cigar to put my finger on. The whole profile sort of vibrates in a balanced or at least orchestrated flux. Semi-sweet chocolate steerings down savory roads. Always, an ebb & flow cola note which crisps up the darkly sweet finish, in particular. Heavy but agile. You want something different? Here it is. Oils-up after the 1/3, mitt & mouf.

Quite complex in the way that it fluctuates. A scant list of notes but interesting & changeable ones. Excitable, not jittery. The blend is a tick untethered thru the first half but then digs into nifty traction--entrenches. Hickory tiding HALLOA! serves to structure well. Leathery oils make lips smack and distinct finely-ground green peppercorn cleanses. Ah, more for the note-list. 

Ash is flaky but holds fast to a slow-burning inch. Char-line is thin with a slight jaggedness hither/thither. Draws evenly of a perfect-sipping tension thru-out. No hard/soft spots. A slight bit of loosening seam gets smoked thru fine. Moderate clouds of a blueish tinge set-off a chocolatey-leather room-note w/ spicy mainly kindly kicker. Promises to be a memorable cigar. The hero of the day is hickory & its delineating service.

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

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

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