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:
Paprika | Leather | Sweet cedar
La Mandarria, of course, is Spanish for The Mandarria. Moving on...
Smoked paprika swirls about a leathery-chestnut core. Also, *toasted-cedar, chicory coffee(N'Awlins). *Honey malt. More autumnal-leather inside of the hiking-trail underbelly. Terra cotta, mushroom. Peppercorn structuring.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
I originally reviewed this offering HERE.
::: very :::