WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano Maduro
BINDER: Nicaraguan Habano
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican
FORMAT: Robusto (552) box-press
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium/Medium-full
NOTES:
Espresso | Dark chocolate | Vegetal savoriness
Interesting roasted savory vegetal underpinnings--that's different. Building up from there is a layer of compost, patent leather, vanilla extract, and seasoned cedar. All that sets up some dark chocolate, black pepper, and espresso. Excellent structure and delineation. Excellent complexity and depth of nuance. Balanced and consistent, as well. Admirably manages to be equal parts both rich and crisp.
That vegetal aspect is oddly, I know, somewhat like seaweed and also like BBQ joint greens. There's a mature sweetness buried there, as well. Molasses and alfalfa grass. (Also a tick charcoal-y in the 3/3.) The olfactory offers its own viva la difference with a neat look at cedar and hickory/mesquite slowly smoking, wrapped in a distinct and creamier hidey leather. Malted cereal grains hit middlings come mid-point.
Draws with an even and good amount of easy resistance. Burn-line wonks a bit but never much and self-corrects. Ash packs on in a dense toothy sheath. Seams and shoulder each hold well, as does a rounded-press. No hard or soft spots in the roll. Smoke out-put is a moderate+ amount and the aroma becomes an even sweeter savory room-note. Complex and consistent? Sure, via well-practiced smooth evolutions.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: A
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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