Wrapper: Dominican Negrito Canca
Binder: Dominican Negrito Canca
Filler: Dominican Criollo ’98, Dominican Habano 20/20
Vitola: Churchill (7 x 52) Rolled in 2013
Factory: Manufactura Rivas
Purchase Link: Noxio Cigars by Modern Tobacconist Art
Noxio Review - California
Summary: Smarties and pepper on the cold draw. Interesting. The first few puffs offer a ton of red and black pepper. Maybe charred wood? I’m an inch down so the complexity should be kicking into gear aaaaany second now.
I’m almost through the second third and the only new flavor is sherry cask. Burn is doing great, but I’m getting a little bored.
Picking up an herbal note in the final third but I can’t place it. My palate is getting hot but the retrohale is still cool. Hold on. Fried chicken closing this out. Thank the Maker.
If You Like That, You Might Like This: Playing the Alphabet license plate game when driving through the country.
Pairing Suggestion: Mezcal margarita.
Purchase Recommendation to a Friend: Single.
Noxio Review - Wisconsin
Summary: Overall, this was a smooth cigar that brought a good balance of chocolatey, woody, sweet, and peppery flavors that went well together. The loose draw was a bit of a disappointment on this stick, but nothing else let me down.
There were significant flavors of cocoa and oak. I got moderate amounts of chocolate, cedar, pepper, creaminess, walnut, and cake. And there were occasional notes of cherry, honey, caramel, butterscotch, spice, and gingerbread.
Construction-wise, the draw was looser than I'd like - the cigar seemed underfilled near where the band would usually be. That didn't impact the burn, which didn't need any corrections. And the flavors seemed to be on point regardless.
If You Like That, You Might Like This: If you like undertones of sweetness in all you do, this cigar may be for you.
Pairing Suggestion: Bourbon.
Purchase Recommendation to a Friend: Fiver.
Noxio Review - Oregon
Summary: The cigar for review this week was large and in charge. I’ll just say now, I smoked this for nearly two hours.
Oak, coffee and walnut were the main starting flavors with some red pepper and floral finishing notes. I definitely picked up some spice in the mix too, but could never really nail down what it was I tasted. Disappointingly for me, the pepper spice dropped out of the mix too quickly. However, sometimes tradeoffs are ok and in this case, it was. I began to get some caramel notes in the retro hale and just a hint of sweetness as well. At the end of the first third, this cigar was belching smoke and had a razor sharp char line.
In the middle of the cigar a smooth mixture of cedar, caramel and pepper stayed pretty consistent. As that middle section drew to a close, I tasted a fresh citrus note and experienced a cooling sensation on my palate as well.
The final section also remained consistent featuring coffee and cedar notes up front and a caramel finish with cooling on the palate and sinuses.
If You Like That, You Might Like This: If you like that then you probably like county fair midway treats.
Pairing Suggestion: Dr Pepper or Root Beer....I think there are some profile secrets hiding out in there that either of these spicy soft drinks could help reveal.
Purchase Recommendation to a Friend: Solid fiver purchase.
Participants in this blind review were completely unaware of the cigar they were evaluating until all submissions were received and processed. Each participant was asked to answer a summary paragraph, an if/than statement, a pairing suggestion, and a purchase suggestion. Cigars were provided by Small Batch with only the expectations of candid responses. All pictures, information, and formatting were completed by a Coordinator outside of the reviewing process.
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