BLEND: Mi Querida Gorila Gordo
WRAPPER: Connecticut Broadleaf
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Gordo (660) 109 Bullet Head
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full
SPICE: 2.5/5
NOTES:
Root Beer Barrel hard candies, rolled in brewer's yeast. Then, how Black Baccara roses might taste (for all I know) in moist, heavily fertilized top-soil. Back-end shows a slight metallic, quite cleansing addition. 'Tween is a slice of toasted dark rye with caraway seeds, spread thinly with a tart orange marmalade. Allspice and clove hints. Green peppercorn. Capers and a lavender latte?
Softly contoured Belicoso. Softly contoured palate. Huddled quite-closely in on itself. Pre-dawn fog. Consistent, balanced. A lot of not each enough at times; but far more meditative than boring. That, mainly in light of some surprising notes. The most interesting fellow in a crowded room, lingering in a corner by himself. Slowly rehearsing his avant-garde poetry set as the act before wraps up.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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