Oct 23, 2021
Foundation Cigars El Gueguense Corona Gorda
Latte-colored wrapper with dark, splochy seams. Smells of very spicy, salty (??), earth - much like an Indonesian sambal terasi. Good draw, cold draw of tea and earth.
First light, very spicy! Long-lasting spiciness all over the tongue, lips, and throat. Off the foot, this is perhaps the least sweet smelling cigar I've had so far.
The cigar is burning faster than I expected, but that's not a bad thing as the second third brought in some very savory, fatty, coco oil flavor.
Overall, this was not a bad cigar. It was, however, significantly below my high expectations from Nick Melilo.
82/100