BLEND: 8th Street
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Dominican Republic, Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Toro
ORIGIN: USA
INTENSITY: Medium-full
NOTES:
Dark chocolate | Chicory | Chipotle peppers
Smoky-savory, nice (red)peppery-kick. Toasted cream, earthiness. Red spices. Richly-darkly sweet. Lacking harmony, however--the sum is lesser than the parts. A dream team of (leather)ball hogs.
Untight(tightening) seams, askew cap. A soft-spot and a squishy head. Not the best draw but it improves, as does the burn which begins wonkily. Hurried-harried.
At mid-point all mechanics improve but the flavors flatten and (dryly)muddle. Not a bad smoke nor a pedestrian one, but also neither confident nor remarkable.
TASTE: B
DRAW: B+
BURN: B
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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