BLEND: Bella Donna
WRAPPER: Habano
BINDER: Undisclosed
FILLER: Undisclosed
FORMAT: 5.25x52 Salomon
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 1/5
NOTES:
Buttery cedar | Cocoa butter | White toast
Rather smoky, slightly ashy. Not overly delineated but balanced well-enough. Smooth, but a half-tick dryly-so. Maybe overly approachable, particularly for a habano. A well-fleshed-out profile, however. Buttery cedar lends no structure but is definite and consistent. Cocoa butter is nice. White toast is a bit limp. Milk toast?
Rather smoky, slightly ashy. Not overly delineated but balanced well-enough. Smooth, but a half-tick dryly-so. Maybe overly approachable, particularly for a habano. A well-fleshed-out profile, however. Buttery cedar lends no structure but is definite and consistent. Cocoa butter is nice. White toast is a bit limp. Milk toast?
An array of dusty pale spice is there on the retro-hale, adding some depth. The finish is quite short, table sugary. Quite the open draw, on an occasion or two flirts with empty. Burn-line wobbles and needs a half-time redirect. Ash builds well. Smoke out-put is impressive although the room-note is mute.
Seams loosen a small, small bit ahead of burn--ultimately passably hold. Toward the band, a noticeable but fleeting note of cardboard infiltrates. A hint of dandelion tea stays. Slightly prior, the packing softens a good deal. There is a certain relaxation brought on by the experience in an elder 'statesman' manner.
TASTE: B
DRAW: B+
BURN: B
BUILD: B
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
TASTE: B
DRAW: B+
BURN: B
BUILD: B
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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