Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars Mi Querida Triqui Traca in Review

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Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars 

Mi Querida Triqui Traca in Review

WRAPPER: Connecticut Broadleaf
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican

FORMAT: No. 448 (448)
ORIGIN: Joya de Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full

NOTES:

Cedar | Red spices | Coffee beans

A short review for a short cigar. One that begins where my typical reviews end--with performance. This experience was either hindered or hampered, whichever is more correct, by a ::: very ::: tight draw. Not in a manner that indicated poor knotted-up bunching, but in a way that it was just too thick and damp to suck through at times. It did free up some with the aid of a toothpick poking--but re-closed up soon-after. That stated, I did toke greedily on the thing in wanting to chase down some yummy brilliances. Lots of cedar plays and twirls.

Much as in its Robusto (552) expression, there is a "refined rustic quality" of complexity and nuance, all deeply entrenched in rich savory earthiness. Paprika, cumin, cayenne keep it kicky-honest. Cedar (as opposed to the other's hickory) structures well. Big sarsaparilla here, black cherries. Molasses balances the sweetness so that the dark-roasted coffee beans don't run amok. Really just delicious--but too, infuriating because I simply wanted more of it. Perhaps due to the draw, notes were thinner here than in the aforementioned Robusto.

TASTE: A-
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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