BLEND: Falu
WRAPPER: Broadleaf
BINDER: Indonesian Sumatra
FILLER: Dominican proprietary blend
FORMAT: Robusto (554) box-press
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium-full
SPICE: 3.5/5
NOTES:
Cedar | Mulling spice | Cider
Imagine it's Autumn. You find yourself cleaning a cedarwood cider-press under a maple tree. You're scrubbing with mulling spices, likely because you're unknowingly being pranked by the more tenured workers. You're reminiscing. Imagine now if an LL Bean catalog had a taste.
Imagine a yellow lab by a fireplace. A good book and a pouch of Werther's Original. A woolen lap throw. Excellent structure. Fantastic complexity; equally consistent. A long finish but not cloyingly-so. Balanced. Ash cracks, doesn't break-flake. Great burn-pace with a slight wobbly-line. Hot cocoa.
Sit inside of a Norman Rockwell holiday illustration. From the outside, it looks like a Thomas Kinkade cabin. Imagine crisp walks in flannel shirts and rustling leaves. Duck boots. Pumpkin patches and hayrides. This cigar is a whole mood. A Chevy 3100 unrestored but running. A Hallmark movie.
TASTE: A
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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