Not a bad little smoke. I could see me smoking this one in the morning with a nice coffee and cream.
Wrapper: Nicaragua (Jalapa)
Binder: Nicaragua (Esteli)
Filler: Nicaragua
Vitola: Short Robusto/Size: 4″x46
Factory: Plasencia Cigars S.A./ Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Sweet tobacco and manure
Sweet tobacco
Tight draw, tobacco, molasses, dark fruit
On the light I get tobacco, nutty, dusty barn, and black pepper. The retro is black pepper and tobacco. Into the first, up front I get a nice bready note followed by white pepper, walnut, and a slight sweet note in the distance. Retro brings black pepper, white pepper, slight oak and nuts. Tight draw but lots of smoke. Ash is good but a little flaky. Burn is slightly wavy but no touch ups are needed. Medium strength
A few slight changes. Notes up front are a saltine cracker, slight walnut, followed by a little hay and earth. A slight cream sweetness is in the background that helps round out the experience. Retro is white pepper, slightly nutty, with a bit of cedar. Draw is a little better. Smoke is thick and buttery. ash is still holding and a great burn. medium strength
The final third, things have changed a little more. Coffee and hay are the notes up front followed by a white pepper and cedar. The retro is more of the same. Coffee, hay, and a slight almond sweetness in the end. A slight bready note pops up here and there. Draw is tight once again and the burn is ok. Got a little one sided near the end and had to be touched up. Ash held to the final third. (medium strength)
