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06-04-2005, 12:53 PM | #1 |
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El Rey del Mundo Flor de Llaneza
"Refreshing"
El Rey del Mundo Flor de Llaneza Dimensions of cigar: 6.5 inches by 54 ring gauge Type of cigar: Piramide Wrapper: Ecuadoran Sumatra Binder: Honduran Filler: Havana-seed Dominican and Honduran Smoked: Saturday June 4th, 2005 Accompanying drink: Freshly brewed Nicaraguan Wiwili coffee. Setting: A sunlit, sultry, late spring morning on the back porch. Texture of capa: Finely toothed, fragile, paper-thin, silky-smooth outer leaf exhibiting a single prominent vein and emitting a semi-gloss glow in the sunlight. Colour of capa: Colorado Claro. Pale Van Dyke brown with light ochre highlights and a very faint Manzanilla olive cast. Gold-tinged around the principal vein. Colour of capote: A melding of full Van Dyke brown and umber. Colour of tripa: Cocoa brown to burnt umber. Construction: Mild box press. Quite a firm finger feel. Well-crafted taper diminishing to a finely pointed tip. Elegant appearance. Draw: Perfect. Combustion: Bone grey to light charcoal ash, outwardly flaky and speckled yet solid within. It routinely held on beyond 1½ inches in the Southwesterly breeze. A ¼ inch tail developed in the wrapper but was easily corrected. No relights were necessary. Total smoking time: Over 1 hour. Pre-light aroma: Mild tobacco discreetly dusted with cocoa, cinnamon and nutmeg, then brushed with nut butter. Post-light aroma: Round, ripe, toasted tobacco lightly laced with leathery overtones. Palate entry: Medium-bodied tobacco. Cedar. Demure honeyed sweetness infused with fresh rosemary and lemon zest. Balanced. Main portion: Gently emerging earthiness binding to the tobacco tones. Slightly flinty. Then sourdough bread dipped in cappuccino. The secondary flavours were delicately delineated yet readily apparent above the core tobacco taste. Refreshing. Latter stages: The various elements gradually amalgamated into a homogeneous whole. Summary: An approachable, attractive morning to mid-day smoke. Jason... Thank you very much once again for another fine Honduran 'hit'.
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