Smoke: Tatuaje La Verite Vintage 2009 ~ Robusto
Drink: h20
Tunes: None (besides wifey bitching at me that I’m smoking on a Tuesday night.)

Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Draw: Medium draw. Pretty good.
Burn: Even
Misc: runs about 60min.

[SIZE="3"]Pre-light: Nice maduro shade wrapper. Pronounced veins, and looks like good construction. I have to admit, they maybe could have stepped it up a notch with eh label. Looks like someone made it on a inkjet printer. Smells musky. Taste on the cut is pretty neutral with some spice.



Light: Easy. Medium draw.

1st 3rd: Spicy, like hot sauce and oily. Nutty like a walnut skin kind of taste. Mellowing now about 3/8” in. More buttery now with the mouth feel. Still has some walnut skin oil bitter, but more subdued. Hearing little crackle post between drags.



Ash: White, stacked well but unexpended fell off 3/4”



2nd 3rd: Hot sauce / peppery, but not toothy. Oil. Little floral nuances. I’m not, I repeat NOT getting cocoa or chocolate. Medium to full body. Some woodsy notes, like oak.



3rd 3rd: Not offensive, and buttery. Mixed with oil and hot spice.



Overall impression: I’m not looking for any more. Maybe I don’t like the taste of hype.

Will