Just reviewed this stick on my blog, but I figured I'd pull it from there and share directly with you guys...
. . . a gorgeously veiny, mottled chestnut-colored wrapper with an unfinished foot and a pigtail cap . . .
. . . nutty, meaty, peppery and toasty on the first few puffs . . . soon joined by a considerable amount of orange peel and nutmeg . . . lovely . . . something floral . . . lavender . . . lilac . . . creamy, mushroomy and gorgeous . . .
. . . black pepper on the nose and a thick band of hazelnut after the first third . . .
. . . clean . . . the flavors a fine balance of earthiness and brightness . . . a pleasant and soothing profile that exploded after hitting the burn line with my lighter to correct it (something that doesn't bother me), when a strong aroma of brown sugar released itself from the foot . . . a ruddy spice, that ruddy spice (paprika-black pepper-white pepper-cayenne-cumin) . . . some spicy oak . . . soothing, yes, oozing cream and mushroom and spicy oak . . .
the last third becoming woody . . . maple, oak, elm . . . raisin and a semi-sweet char . . . though, I can't help but think . . . too soothing? . . . did I let the cigar sit for too long? . . . three weeks? . . . since when is that too long? . . . the flavors developing too slow . . . they didn't dance . . . but they were there . . . they seemed to be waiting, tarrying . . . and when they did, it was a kind of mannered roll from one aspect of the profile to the next . . . couldn't help thinking, in the end, what would this cigar have been like if it'd been a smaller format? . . . a corona . . . a thinner format . . . a lancero perhaps? . . . so that the flavors would crash into each other, speed along, snake, explode . . . more aggressiveness, fury, power . . . the base, though, was wonderful in its own right . . . by why not a corona, why not a lancero? . . . Kristoff makes a robusto . . . I'll try that next time . . . and I'm looking forward to it . . .
(smoke time: two hours . . .)
. . . a gorgeously veiny, mottled chestnut-colored wrapper with an unfinished foot and a pigtail cap . . .
. . . nutty, meaty, peppery and toasty on the first few puffs . . . soon joined by a considerable amount of orange peel and nutmeg . . . lovely . . . something floral . . . lavender . . . lilac . . . creamy, mushroomy and gorgeous . . .
. . . black pepper on the nose and a thick band of hazelnut after the first third . . .
. . . clean . . . the flavors a fine balance of earthiness and brightness . . . a pleasant and soothing profile that exploded after hitting the burn line with my lighter to correct it (something that doesn't bother me), when a strong aroma of brown sugar released itself from the foot . . . a ruddy spice, that ruddy spice (paprika-black pepper-white pepper-cayenne-cumin) . . . some spicy oak . . . soothing, yes, oozing cream and mushroom and spicy oak . . .
the last third becoming woody . . . maple, oak, elm . . . raisin and a semi-sweet char . . . though, I can't help but think . . . too soothing? . . . did I let the cigar sit for too long? . . . three weeks? . . . since when is that too long? . . . the flavors developing too slow . . . they didn't dance . . . but they were there . . . they seemed to be waiting, tarrying . . . and when they did, it was a kind of mannered roll from one aspect of the profile to the next . . . couldn't help thinking, in the end, what would this cigar have been like if it'd been a smaller format? . . . a corona . . . a thinner format . . . a lancero perhaps? . . . so that the flavors would crash into each other, speed along, snake, explode . . . more aggressiveness, fury, power . . . the base, though, was wonderful in its own right . . . by why not a corona, why not a lancero? . . . Kristoff makes a robusto . . . I'll try that next time . . . and I'm looking forward to it . . .
(smoke time: two hours . . .)
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