Despite it’s poor construction, it was not a bad smoke. There were flashes of odd notes but overall pretty enjoyable. One sample had a thick stem, cracked and unraveled, rendering it unsmokeable within the first third. The scoring sample took most of it’s point hits on construction, burn and draw.
Wrapper: Nicaragua/ Binder: Nicaragua/ Filler: Nicaragua
Factory: Undisclosed/ Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Vitola: Torpedo/Size: 6 1/2″x54
Dense, well hidden seams. Light metallic iron/copper with a hint of funk
Corn flakes, hay, light cocoa
Honey wheat, hay
To start off I am greeted with notes of musky grapes…slightly tart, slightly sweet… As it warms further it becomes more of an earthy baking spice with hints of natural honey and sweet grain.
Into the second third, that musky grape note returns with a little more of tart note than sweet and finishes with a saline stingy bite on the retro. At the end of the third it builds to a more rich, raw honey, earthy, natural sweetness.
