Friday, May 31, 2024

Statesman Cigars El Cerdito in Review

BRAND: Statesman
BLEND: El Cerdito

WRAPPER: Maduro
BINDER: Undisclosed
FILLER: Undisclosed

FORMAT: Short Gordo (4.5x60) pig-tail Figurado
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full/Full
SPICE: 3/5

NOTES:
Dark chocolate | Charcoal | Hickory (seasoned)

Straight-ahead serious in a fun-enough package. Meaty and smoked sweetness. Densly-rich and uncomplicated. Bold not brash. Quite salt-of-the-earth. Vanilla bean and cumin/paprika syrupy-underpinnings. Sating.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: B
BUILD: B+

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

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