June Blind Tasting

[brooklyn]

After weeks of wet weather, I had a few hours off this afternoon. It was wonderfully sunny ,so I set about doing my review.

I settled into the backyard with a rum and coke on ice.

size: 44-46

5 1/2 inches

color: almost milk chocolate tan

veiny wrapper

corona tapers from thicker to thinner at cap.

used knife to remove cap. Interesting cap: appears to be a triple cap.

Fragrant bouquet from foot;rich tobacco aroma yet smooth and velvety.

Toasted and then lit foot.Free flowing draw rich in tobaco.

first third starts out somewhat sour;possibly a very young cigar. tannin and leather;slighlty dry at start. nutty walnut aftertaste develops on palate.

Great draw; plenty of fine gray smoke. Maybe slight taper is result of a rller's personal touch.

Uniform burn; no canoeing.

Slight pepper taste building.

Second third deepr leather taste

wrapper taking on a deep milk chocolate hue.Really nice rippled gray ash.

Sloght buttery aftertaste joining in ; Coffee begins to assert itself. I can taste a subtle cardoman flavor.

Last third: smooth coffee;nutty.buttery leather lingers. Pepper becomes stonger. Still superb cool draw.

Nice subtle smoke;medium body.

I can only guess but could it be a Hamlet rolled stick .

If not, possibly a PL .

Peter