BLEND: Phillips & King Reserve Collection
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
FILLERS: Honduran. Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Toro (650)
INTENSITY: Medium-full
SPICE: 3/5
NOTES:
Chocolate | Spice | Coffee
As a lapsed fan, my sports references are maybe dated. This one isn't an ace, nor a closer. It's a dependable long reliever that hangs in there between them. A mesquite/black pepper back-end is a keep 'em honest fastball under the chin. The rest? Rich, smooth, easy. Excellent olfactory.
I wanna say 'nut cream' but this is a classy joint. Up-top is milk-logged Cocoa Pebbles and crushed red pepper. Just under that is a nice latte. Maybe it's latte all the way down to the mound; and the uppers could just be a trendy flavor of such. Burn takes help to straighten-out, but does.
A photogenic thing; would look good on a baseball card. Orange marmalade.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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