BLEND: Ocean Breeze
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano 2000
BINDER: Ecuadorian
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Peruvian, Undisclosed
FORMAT: Robusto Extra (554)
ORIGIN: Costa Rica
INTENSITY: Medium
NOTES:
Cedar | Suede | Honey
An aptly named cigar; easy-breezy and salty-mineralty ocean air. Sweet but not cloying. Layered smooth nuance. Cedar is buttery, and suede is honey-sweet. Dessert spices get folded into rich pale earthiness, a hint of terra cotta. Cocoa butter. Some tropical fruit, dried. A pleasing yeastiness. Hawaiian bread, sorta.
Not overly delineated but the bending and bowing of boundaries are well-orchestrated and effortlessly complex. Hammocks make me dizzy but if they calm you, I'd recommend that as a good place to smoke this. No real strength but a bodacious white chocolate macadamia nut body and not too far behind flavors. Soft pretzel?
Cold brew coffee. Sips are draws and they are silky-smooth. Ash builds well. Burn-line is thin-ish and a bit wobbly, self-correctingly-so. The assemblage of seams and cap are well-tight. Density of pack is moderate and stoic. Pacing is slow not lumbering and even gate-to-wire. A smokeable staycation.
Do you like Pina Coladas? Well, we have some apple cider.
TASTE: A
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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