WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Sumatra
BINDER: Nicaraguan Habano
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Toro (654)
ORIGIN: AJ Fernandez, Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full/Full
NOTES:
Chocolate | Spice | Worcestershire sauce*
A Cadbury Fruit & Nut Dairy Milk bar, with some black peppercorns tossed-in. That, enveloped in catcher's mitt leather. That, with a burgeoning core of *savory earthy compost and manure. Excellent balance and complexity, especially considering the boldness of it all. Harmonious. Finishes long, and ends cleanly. Additional notes of anise, espresso, cola, and spice. Say smoked paprika steered meat seasoning.
Burns on a slight and self-correcting wobble through the first-third, then evens-out. Nice thin mascara-line. Excellent ash growth of the silver-sheathed varietal. Smokes perhaps a tick fast. The draw is easy, almost open. An excellent smoke out-put adds a bit of a salted charcoal quality that gives the whole smell-taste a pleasant kick up a notch. In the second-half, some dark grains enter in, as does blackstrap molasses, chicory.
Not just an after-dinner smoke, but an after-dessert one that'll tighten ya up just right.
TASTE: A
DRAW: A-
BURN: A-
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
BINDER: Nicaraguan Habano
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Toro (654)
ORIGIN: AJ Fernandez, Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full/Full
NOTES:
Chocolate | Spice | Worcestershire sauce*
A Cadbury Fruit & Nut Dairy Milk bar, with some black peppercorns tossed-in. That, enveloped in catcher's mitt leather. That, with a burgeoning core of *savory earthy compost and manure. Excellent balance and complexity, especially considering the boldness of it all. Harmonious. Finishes long, and ends cleanly. Additional notes of anise, espresso, cola, and spice. Say smoked paprika steered meat seasoning.
Burns on a slight and self-correcting wobble through the first-third, then evens-out. Nice thin mascara-line. Excellent ash growth of the silver-sheathed varietal. Smokes perhaps a tick fast. The draw is easy, almost open. An excellent smoke out-put adds a bit of a salted charcoal quality that gives the whole smell-taste a pleasant kick up a notch. In the second-half, some dark grains enter in, as does blackstrap molasses, chicory.
Not just an after-dinner smoke, but an after-dessert one that'll tighten ya up just right.
TASTE: A
DRAW: A-
BURN: A-
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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