BLEND: Estate Reserve Flint Knoll no. 3
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Connecticut
BINDER: Connecticut Broadleaf
FILLER: Brazilian, Dominican, Nicaraguan
FORMAT: "Churchill" (752)
ORIGIN: ?
INTENSITY: Mild
SPICE: 1/5
NOTES:
Chamomile tea | Apple juice | Cardamom
The whole thing revolves around where chamomile tastes fairly-so appley. A pinch of pink peppercorn and a pssst! of aluminum. A saccharin tendency. Olor(?) component adds a tight astringency that could be taken as tannic. Long-ish list of almost-notes; predominantly sweet-sour. Light cream.
Burns hot then cold. Draws tight then tighter. Does grow a nifty silvery ash. A funky bit of banding is tricky over a delicate top-leaf. Veiny and bumpy. Veiny & Bumpy hoped to be a police detective TV series in the late '70s. It showed some promise but the pilot was never picked up. Not really.
TASTE: B
DRAW: B
BURN: B
BUILD: B
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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