WRAPPER: Undisclosed
BINDER: Undisclosed
FILLER: Undisclosed
FORMAT: Robusto
ORIGIN: Nicaragua (NACSA)
INTENSITY: Medium-full
NOTES:
Coffee | Pepper-spice | Leather
Eye-catching pepper-spice balanced well with and folded into a savory earthiness. Sweetened via Cuban style coffee and fudgy dark chocolate. Black pepper with a trailing shot of cayenne. Spices are paprika, anise, fennel, and clove. Top-soil and compost drizzled with soy sauce. Heavy and inky but also crisp and rather delineated. A rocky minerality catches on the back-end and into a long bitter-sweet finish.
Calmly maybe almost ploddingly consistent. But also sneakily nuanced. A prizefighter closing the gap on his opponent via operating off a shift or switch-step. Sets up another punch as it's landing the first. Keeps marching forward. Except there's no busted nose here. Even the retro-hale is smooth as layered silk. Notes that pierce the peek-a-boo veil. Black walnuts and toasted almonds come aboard at the half. Red wine.
The draw does wiggle around-some, at times acts a bit snug. Burn-line wobbles a couple-three times, and self-corrects in each instance. Pinches a bit soft throughout. Ash grows oily and long in a sheath/stack of dimes combo. Smoke out-put is big on the puff, and quickly decreases to not much off the resting foot. There is a savory, spiced-sweet aroma and accumulative room-note. Leathery, soft and thick.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
This offering is set to ship to retailers in a few weeks from the date of this post.
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