Desnudo Queen Corona (FRCM25)

[teamrandr]

Nicely rolled cigar with a beautiful wrapper. 

1/3
Initial draws are pepper. It moves into a sourdough/yeast note. Chocolate is now in play. Baked bread, touch of honey, and like zesty spice under all of it. 

2/3
The baked goods aspect lingers on the palate. Touch over medium body. I am getting some Partagas note of almost a bell pepper or something like that. 

Bread/baked goods, pepper of sorts, chocolate. 

Final 3rd
The progression is nice. Chocolate notes are taking the lead here. The baked goods I must say has some complexity. I am having trouble discerning all the notes. Which is interesting considering my background in baking/pastries. I will attempt to pinpoint it. It is sour/yeast, with notes of whole grain, notes of a pretzel/charred crust, burned cookies. Those baked notes and chocolate.  

I would rate this as:  A really great value.

The price point on these is great. The construction has been flawless. These have only been down for a couple weeks at my place and smoking great. The baked goods note is well thought out.  This is what great blending does. 

[El Presidente]

I have been ploughing through a bundle of Queen C's over the past 10 days. 91-94 with little time down. I would recommend 30-60 days. 

[teamrandr]

9 hours ago, El Presidente said:

I have been ploughing through a bundle of Queen C's over the past 10 days. 91-94 with little time down. I would recommend 30-60 days. 

I will hold off until then! I couldn't resist trying one early and it was still really good.