BLEND: Los Gloriosos
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican
FORMAT: Toro (650)
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic (Casa Carrillo)
INTENSITY: Medium-full/Full
SPICE: 3.5/5
NOTES:
Espresso | Dark Chocolate | Black Pepper
You get what you expect from the components here. Then you get the realization that experience is not necessarily the norm. Simple is not so simply done right. This smokes simply right--not right simply.
The top-notes are folded in warmly, tucked in; and envelope, encompass. Layers, nuances, subtle complexities of black licorice, graphite, alfalfa, and molasses under-pin. Quite the feast, and when you think of it, feasts are simple. A hock of something, a leg of another thing. Something from the earth, roasted. "Let them eat cake." We also have cake.
LGC was due. EPC, of course, delivered.
TASTE: A
DRAW: A-
BURN: A-
BUILD: A
FINAL GRADE: A
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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