DAV Cigars Series A in Review
WRAPPER: Cameroon
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Dominican, Brazilian, Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Toro
ORIGIN: Remembranza Factory, Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium/Med.-full
NOTES:
Apple butter | Cedar | Lemon meringue
What spices go in Apple Butter? According to the internet cinnamon, allspice, and cloves are recurring bits. I'll buy that as part of this. Buttery yet firm cedar braces well, delineating kindly-so. The bouncer who wants to talk you into going home. Lemon meringue clings sweetly but not cloyingly to the cheeks. White and pink peppercorn brisk it all up.
Pink peppercorn? Think black pepper but milder, brighter, and fruitier. It's really the Stephen Frye of pepper. Further back on the palate exists some vacancies. Slight milk chocolate, a bit of a chicken coop (which dips into terra cotta under-belly), some brown sugar. Honey is hinted at. Finishes long, sweet, and clean. On the far-end is a lip-smacking umami flavor. Friggin' yummy.
Construction-wise there are some flaws, albeit none too egregious. Flaky ash. Softening of pack along with particular soft-spots. However, the draw is smooth and EZ, seams hold... but the cap does squishy-some. Quite a smoky thing, this culminating in a sweet leathery room-note. Leather becomes flavor, then taste, via progression. It burns a tick-quick thru the first-half, then slows. A lovely brunch.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: A-
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: A-
DRAW: A-
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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