BLEND: La Gran Oferta
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano Rosado
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Toro (650)
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Med.-full/Full
SPICE: 4/5
NOTES:
Pepper-spice | Dark Chocolate | Pluot
A Pluot is a cross between a plum and an apricot. That only matters here after the Pepin blast of pepper dials back, settles into a zesty spice rub. Espresso swirls about and twixt the layers. Much dark chocolate hardens and dries via progression; bricks not mere pips. A slight ashy sense on the far-end. Umami.
Not a delicate thing, nor a subtle thing. A refined yet demanding thing. Excellent combustion and construction highlighted by ash sheath growth and smooth even draw. Superb smoke out-put hits the olfactory as if a chocolate company moved into an old leather works shop just a day ago.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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