Bocock Brothers Cigars World Traveler Connecticut (Churchill in Review)
WRAPPER: USA Connecticut
BINDER: Costa Rican
FILLER: Honduran, Nicaraguan
BLENDER: Raydel Lezcano
MANUFACTURER: San Judas Tadeo
FORMAT: Churchill
ORIGIN: Honduras
INTENSITY: Mild-medium
NOTES:
Citrus | Balsa wood | Pale spice
Tangy and prickly around its edges but creamy across a broad middle. Edges consist of lemon rind and orange pith. The creaminess is a slightly lower-level of nougat, another thing like peanut butter powder. Also, a soft suede which begins to form the trailing underbelly. This is completed with a chicken coop laced clay earthiness. The structure is pinewood, lumber-style, with a cardboard lilt underneath. Pale spices scan as ginger and horseradish and live on the front-end exterior fleetingly-so.
A bit wobbly of balance until the back end smooths. Smooths is what the texture of smoke does coming out of the opening third. A complex blend in the way that it's delivered, smokes somewhat like a shuffling deck. Nary a nuance, as all notes seem to skim atop the bottom on an even-line, avoiding both heights and depths. Still, interesting. Quite ::: very ::: delineated, notes remain distinct from one another. Lively. At the half, there's a tick of honeydew that's really nice, also nice is that cardboard ticks disappear then. Grassy, some.
Nice draw if you don't mind a bit and a half of resistance. Burn-line is even, shy of perfect. Its mascara is a little wide in parts. Ash grows well and dense. Smoke out-put is moderate and leaves a springtime vibe of primary notes joined by wildflowers in its wake. Burns slow and cool. Those wildflowers are on the retro-hale with a white pepper accompaniment. Smokes a bit like a charmingly raw folk song being sung, teetering into bluegrass. Brings its own lemonade to the picnic.
TASTE: B
DRAW: B+
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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