Such a wonderful cigar for me…I love a cigar like this that is fairly mild and easy going but extremely complex with copious flavor notes.
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés/ Binder: Ecuador (Connectcut-seed)/ Filler: Nicaragua, Dominican, Republic, USA (Pennsylvania)
Factory: Casa Carrillo/ Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Vitola: Earl (Robusto)/Size: 5″x52
Dense, dark wrapper with spotty mottle. Metallic, light chocolate with a mushroom funk
Tortilla, light cocoa
Light grassy and hay notes. Slight bitterness
Starts off with a nice, mild balance of hearty corn chip with a short, pepper spice…I’m not a big heat guy and this reminds me of how I just lightly dip tortillas in the spicy salsa my wife makes. Very pleasant. Further in a complex rotation of notes circulate, notably; cocoa, baking spice and ginger snap.
Transforms to a more sweet, hard candy note with a cinnamon and chili spice, much like a Red Hot (c) candy. The heat calms in the second half of third and the sweetness becomes more of an earthy cocoa with a cinnamon and baking spice finish.
