Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Ventura Cigar Co. Psyko Seven Maduro in Review

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Ventura Cigar Co. Psyko Seven Maduro in Review

WRAPPER: Mexican San Andres
BINDER: Mexican Sumatra
FILLER: Multi-country blend

MANUFACTURER: Tabadom
BLENDER: Henke Kelner

FORMAT: Robusto (5.5x50)
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium

NOTES:
Chocolate | Cedar | Dark grains

If you are going to affix a band so large as to necessitate its removal prior to lighting, fucking affix it loosely. What I'm saying here is that a bit of top-leaf pulled up with the thing. The problem thankfully proved cosmetic-only. Chocolate & cedar. A roasted orange then back-end of purple fruit syrups. Something like black bread, heavy on the cocoa (two separate chocolate notes at play here). Mild tho warming pepper-spice. The aroma on this thing is one for the highlight reel. Chocolate, cedar, yeastiness. Leather. Bittersweet umami, pleasingly.

That pepper-spice leads the middling in a black pepper and cumin manner. After that, it's earth all the way down. Savory earth. Manure, compost. Good things. Wrapped in a growing evolving leather. Great complexity & nuance there. Excellent delineation further-up in primaries. Fruits then appear off the retro-hale and on the finish. Nice. A well-presented even excellently-so profile of rather common notes. "You're in good hands with Allstate," but no one turns to insurance for excitement. This Psyko is either not at all looney or is heavily medicated.

Other than the already-noted issue with the wrapper (which does not worsen and smokes thru easily) there is some slight loosening of seam about 1/2" off the char-line. Said line, however, is even & thin. Draws without gripe. Smoke out-put is sans complaint. Pacing bears no grievances. A sturdy, dependable cigar whose wife leaves it once the kids are almost mostly grown, for a less dependable far sexier man. He then flits from relationship to relationship acting as "boyfriend tofu." But is never late with either alimony or child support. 

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

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

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