WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Connecticut
BINDER: Indonesia
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Mexican San Andres
FORMAT: Toro
ORIGIN: General Cigar Dominicana
INTENSITY: Medium
NOTES:
Black & white pepper | Vanilla | Honey
The most notable aspect of this profile is an unfortunate and interferingly out-of-balance black (then white) pepper. Under that spikey thumb exists pleasant bits of vanilla bean, honey, caramel. Further down is movie theater popcorn, pale ginger, and white pepper. Suede thinly falls atop hiking trail earthen nethers. Scans as an irresponsibly hopped up Connecticut in order to carry the tired mantle of 'not my father's Connecticut.' I get a hint of wildflowers.
All this is not to say it's completely unenjoyable, but again, interfered with. Over-run. Not even aggressively, but bull in a china shop trampling nonetheless. So, simply not as smooth as it should be (a decent understatement). Does mellow-some at a mid-point transition wherein it's the white pepper's time to be a hammer and see every problem as if it were a nail. Complete with a tangy-sharp lemony-citrus attachment. I WANTED SERENITY NOW lol. I don't see wildflowers after the 1/3.
Seems to burn a tick quick but on an even line. Grows dense ash well. Draws excellently. Smoke out-put is voluptuous and both aroma as well as room-note are nethers-forward and lacking in the draw's pepper-hammer. Superb olfactories, then--but that just highlights the palate imbalances. If you like PEPPER, retro-hale. If you hate Connecticuts but want to for some reason smoke one, grab this abrasive guy who most likely got thrown out of an Ivy League school.
TASTE: B
DRAW: A
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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