Ezra Zion Cigar Federation Tobacos Nomad Hot Cocoa & Marshmallows LE in Review

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Ezra Zion Cigar Federation Tobacos Nomad

Hot Cocoa & Marshmallows LE

WRAPPER: Maduro
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Toro (652)
ORIGIN: ?
INTENSITY: Medium/Med.-full

NOTES:

Black bread | Barnyard | Espresso

More like toasted-buttered pumpernickel. Some cocoa slides in a few puffs along but more(less) than chocolate per se se, it simply influences the pumpernickel into a black bread. Molasses darkly sweetens. Quite the barnyard display of leathery-savory earthiness. A smooth black pepper w/ smoked paprika and cumin accompaniment. A mixed berry tang happens hither-thither; espresso more so. 

Languidly complex w/ nice nuanced depths. Drooly-some. Lip-smacking, say. A succinct profile, unchanging after ts heating-up. Something of a potpourri clings to a crisp moderate-legged finish; mainly a nice extension of primaries. Warm, unburdensome. Smooth textured start picks up some coarseness at mid-point but falls well-shy of abrasive. A bit of a patisserie helmed by a leatherworker room-note.

The top-leaf hugs the binder about as tightly as a middle-aged woman's skin hugs her thigh meat. A handful of retouches are mandated via lagging bits. Burns quite slow-cool. Ash is pretty dang flaky. A couple soft spots occur along the shaft. Draw presents a bit hollow at times. A bit of a mixed-filler-esque experience but nothing terrible. A straightforward lesser-structured, toasty bittersweet smoke. 

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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