Big Sky Cigar Co. Madison in Review
WRAPPER: Habano
BINDER: Mexican San Andres
FILLER: Nicaraguan
BLENDER: Carlos Sanchez
MANUFACTURER: TACASA factory
FORMAT: Toro (6.25x52)
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium
NOTES:
Cashew butter | Salted butter | Saffron
"I'm-a just mad about saffron. She's just mad about me. They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly)." - Donovan Leitch. Saffron, and its floral sweetness. Also, it's mineral listings. All present and accounted for. That, underneath or behind a tandem of cashew butter & salted dairy butter goodness. Slight cardamom becomes more than slight via progression and a live & lively pinewood supports structuring.
Other than the evolving cardamom, this is a quite consistent experience, gate-to-wire. One much more smooth and mellow than its recipe led me to believe. But it is neither muffled nor muddled. Middlings include orange blossom honey, white pepper, and golden sunlit earth. A meadow, maybe. Smokes like spring-time. Floral cotton dress imagery. Bright, simple. A peck of milk chocolate flavor. A sploosh of coffee in a cup of milk. Wholesome.
A cigar perfect for lunting about. Not just due to its profile, but also its care-free performance. Excellent smooth draw, burn-line, pacing, etc. Admirable ash growth. Blah blah blah. Lunting (back to that) is the act of strolling with a tobacco pipe. Another note is of the noted mineral aspect of saffron. Here, that is more than fine. In saffron proper, it could signal imitation spice. Imitation Spice was my fave Spice Girl... the one in the floral cotton dress. Grrrr.
TASTE: B+
DRAW: A
BURN: A-
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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