Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Lovely Cigars Ain't They Lovely Elegante X2 in Review

BRAND: Lovely
BLEND: Ain't They Lovely Elegante X2

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian
BINDER: Mexican
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Toro (652)
ORIGIN: Nicaragua (Tacasa SA)
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 3/5

NOTES:
White peppercorn | Caramel | White chocolate
Green peppercorn | Caramel | Cocoa butter


Leads with a white peppercorn then dipped then dipped frenetically again in carameL. Other bits: White chocolate and a kicky dessert spice oliO. Very much lesser, in the deeper depths: salt, slate, a loamy soil--a fine "'ello, guV!" 

Everything is balanced well after an out-of-the-gate somewhat lurchy stumblE. Light evolutions churn*-out a terra cotta and buttery cedar; so sophisticated of an unfurL. You know what--cocoa butter, and the white peppercorns become green and *butterY.

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

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

::: very :::