BLEND: The Winnie
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano Rosado
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Torpedo (654) closed-foot
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium/Med.-Full
SPICE: 3/5
Sweet Spices | Milk Chocolate | Oyster Sauce
NOTES:
Oyster sauce? Sure, umami-triggering with a warm caramel sweetness, a pinch of salt. Also, I just ate some lo mein. Sweetness grows uncloyingly-so. A bit of a flaky pie crust vibe. I can't pull apart the spices but they're all sweet and the warmest pepper is white. Could use a tick of citrus to tighten.
Still, a crazy smokeable blend.
I taste apple pie*. A super pleasing, undemanding blend. Burn lags a half-bit on one spot but figures it out sans manual re-direct. Excellent draw. Good smoke out-put offers a pastry olfactory, *which falls to the palate and onto the tongue. I can't say plum sauce. I can say plum sauce! There's none of it in lo mein.
This should get an honorable mention in the next Cigars of the Month post. I hope typing that reminds me. Also, I love the band and I love Winnie.
::: very :::