This post was accidentally published earlier today (3/22) with a date reading 3/16. It was (obviously) re-published in order to reflect the proper (today's) date. I apologize for any confusion.
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Havana
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Toro Gordo (6.5x56) flag-tip
ORIGIN: American Caribbean, Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium/Med.-Full
NOTES:
Citrus | Cream | Cereal grains
Sticking to the italicized letter C-words, there is a spot of cocoa butter. All very smoothed together but not flat. Little whipped peaks. A long, dry look at a cardboard note is less than pleasant. Other than that, though, a simple and agreeable enough experience, this. White peppercorn braces in lieu of wood. Supple leather is nice atop the under-belly but also a hair-hidden. All the way down and pushing up is hiking trail and chicken coop.
Some loosening of seam and a bit of crackling in top-leaf. Neither terribly-so. Pack softens-some via progression. The draw is smooth. Burn-rate is slow to the point of nigh-tedium. Cap and should each degrade a tick but hold enough. Near-massive smoke out-put fails to yield much in terms of the olfactory--a bit of sweet-earthen leatheriness.
TASTE: B
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: B
FINAL GRADE: n/a*
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: B
FINAL GRADE: n/a*
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
* Due to what I'll chalk up to shipping & neither factory nor warehousing issues, this cigar and the couple/few others it arrived with, arrived quite dry. Resuscitating dried cigars seems a recurring topic of concern on the internet. Briefly, it is possible to bring the humidity back up in offerings (within reason). Unfortunately, it is impossible to replace lost oils (and the oils are first to leave). So, flavors will suffer flattening-out. On account of this, I've decided to only express my experience, not rate it.
Also, as per the company's press release, this cigar includes filler leaf (partially) which was fermented via a process called Chincagre (This post is brought to you by the letter C). As per the company's press release, this involves burying pilons in the volcanic soils of Western Nicaragua for two months. It is then finished off for an additional nine months in a regular manner.
::: very :::