Rasshat blind review "D"
Corona/pig tail cap
This stick is a beautiful specimen. It seems well constructed and the thing has a serious amount of tooth going on. The wrapper is a cocoa powder brown and looks good and stuffed with tobacco like a turkey on thanksgiving day.
Perlite draw has perfect resistance, I know this stick is going to smoke nice and easy. I'm getting aged cedar/tobaccos.
Had me a spaghetti bake about 30 mins ago, so I'm ready for anything this cigar might throw at me. Lets burn some dried leaves shall we?
Oh and I'm listening to some blues instrumentals...love some good soulful music to accompany me and my friend Stogie.
Draw is spot on as I thought it would be. This stick is leaving some nice spice on my lips...like the light smoldering you feel about 30 minutes after earing a 'peno. The smoke is dark and meaty, with a good amount of spice to the retro.
I'm at the one inch mark, which I look at like preseason football; it doesn't mean much but gives you a basic idea of what might or might not come in its future...anyone can be a star! Lol (Nice white ash with gradients of grey/solid burn line)
The smoke bites on the retro like an earthy root beer mixed with hints of dark roast coffee underneath. Some light pepper lays on the tongue and there is a sweetness that's trying to get a foothold but is not quite there. Strength is medium with full dark and gritty flavors. You can pull smoke easily from this stick, like singles from between a stripper's bikini strings.
The second third carries the same profile through from the first...I get that faint presence of sweetness on the puffs where the spice wanes. A touch of richness is building. This stogie is like a street fighter, it's got grit and spit but won't win you any real prize money. This is an AJ Fernandez Pinelero Maduro. Getting to the end of the second, there's an up tick in strength.
The retro lifts the hair straight off your head. Then it dies back revealing dark roasted coffee and earth with just a sprinkle of sugar...it would compliment it so well if there was just a bit more. The creaminess is building slightly. It's a' spicy meat'a'ball! Getting into the nitty gritty of this SOB and I'll tell ya, I like what it's got to say in the final third. The flavors don't change but the richness that has built up helps to round out the profile.
I like how this cigar finished. It's zesty, gritty, biting and packs a little bit of punch. I think it could use just a touch more sweetness to tame it just a bit but all in all, it's a pretty good little smoke. The profile is consistent, it draws perfect, burns razor and has enough strength to warm your tummy, while relaxing your mind....but it speed bags your senses at the same time.
Score: 89/100
Smoke time: 1hr 10mins
Thanks Ryan!
