Espinosa Murcielago Capa Negra
Espinosa Murcielago Capa Negra is a medium-full bodied and strength box-pressed Nicaraguan beauty with a Mexican San Andres wrapper – always a treat in my book.
Burnt oak, earth, leather, pepper, bread, mixed nuts, dark roast coffee, dark chocolate sweetness, some licorice and a touch of spice. The flavors blend together very smoothly – nice balance and complexity. The retrohale is a bit harsh – charred wood and pepper.
Solid construction: Perfect draw, somewhat even burn line requiring only a couple of minor touchups, thick smoke output, held a firm ash for most of the smoke.
Murcielago is Spanish for bat. Perhaps I should have saved my baseball metaphor in the H Upmann Banker review for this cigar. The Espinosa Murcielago Capa Negra is a solid choice in a medium-full bodied cigar. Interesting how many blenders are finding uses for the San Andres wrapper.
Comments
100 chipc73
(9 months ago)"Interesting how many blenders are finding uses for the San Andres wrapper."
Agreed, especially considering San Andres tobacco was once thought of as 'second rate.' It's become one of my favorite wrappers.
100 JeremyMayo
(9 months ago)Love me a good box press stick. This one looks like it would be a very good smoke
100 chipc73
(9 months ago)Me, too. I once didn't much care for box press. Now, I have really come to like it.
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