BLEND: La Mandarria
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican
FORMAT: Toro (652) shaggy-foot, pig-tail cap
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Med.-full/Full
NOTES:
Smoked paprika | Molasses | Leather
Oily coffee beans and cedar do well in structuring the italicized primary notes. The cedar has a buttery back-end, lending to a lengthy cocoa trailing.
A bit dry mid-palate but surrounded by mature sweetness and earthen spice. Weighty but not burdensome. Quite complexly-balanced and deeply nuanced. Honey lemon tea mid-point addition.
Draws a bit(un-egregiously) loosely. Burn-line is razor-thin, operating on a half-tick of self-correcting occasional wobble. Seams and cap hold well. No hard/soft spots. Trouble-free.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: A-
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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