WRAPPER: Honduran
BINDER: Honduran
FILLER: Dominican, Honduran, Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Toro
ORIGIN: General Cigar Dominicana
INTENSITY: Medium
NOTES:
White pepper | Bandage adhesive | Honey
A gate-to-wire vastly unchangeable melange of the following, led by dried bandage adhesive and honey malt*: White peppercorn becomes coarsely-ground via progression, cardboard, pale spice, weakly-brewed lightly-roasted coffee, clotted cream (in & out), and chicken coop. *Dissecting the said honey malt: white toast, unsalted pretzel crumbs, and a certain tartness.
Having no strident delineations can lead to a certain sense of complexity, sure. Some sneaky nice depths, to be fair. Also, quite drying to the palate. Balance is back-door achieved via a notable flatness. Really a quite simple--say attainable--offering of sweetness backed by a bit of a quite-calm kick. Would be comfort food if not for that kick casting a long and arid shadow. I almost tasted milk chocolate maybe twice there.
Burns well, if not a bit fast. A slight wobble to its thin line grows long, dense ash. Draws nicely on an even-keeled tension. Nice smoke out-put is much heavier in the air than in the smoke-hole. Aromas are a notable bibliosmia (old books), and a subtle suede in addition to primary draw notes. Other than the cap clear coming off at the cut, performance is sans any real (major) complaint.
TASTE: B-
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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