La Riqueza ~ #1

Smoke: La Riqueza ~ #1
Drink: Sierra Nevada ~ Celebration Ale
Tunes: Uncle Tupelo ~ No Depression
Date Smoked: 11/22/12 (Thanksgiving)

Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Draw: Medium to light draw
Burn: not recorded
Misc: n/a

Pre-light: Colorado shade wrapper. Semi box press with some light veins. Sweet tobacco scent. Dusty tobacco flavor on cut prelight taste.

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Light: Easy with a Bic. Medium to easy draw.

1st 3rd: Lots of unique flavors right off the light. Light oil and walnut skin flavor on draw. Nose exhale gives a great mix of earth and cashew flavor, like nutty, but really pronounced. A little leather and nice lingering aftertaste.

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Ash: Weak. Falls off at less than ½”. Light gray and flakey.

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2nd 3rd: Same profile, mostly. Sweet tobacco and oily more prominent now. But that great nutty retrohale… Nice leather oil aftertaste. Medium body, full flavor.

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3rd 3rd: Same deliciousness. Getting a bit hotter now near the end. Love that retrohale on this one.

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Overall impression: A keeper!

Thanks mrtr33!

Will