81978 All Saints Dedication with thanks to jeebling. Box press looks just like RP Decade. Otherwise I got nothing. Know nothing of this cigar either but I'm going in prejudiced based off the last one.
First light dry, mild, little woody. Thought the darker wrapper was indicating we'd go in a different direction but this kinda tastes the same but turned up. It's not as astringent. The date on the cello says it's 4/24 so I'm not giving it much of a chance either, still basically rott. The spicy peppers in my sinuses continues to build, it's less woody than it started. Very much full flavor. Some msa like filthand metallic/mineral notes are dominant now. Still a slight sweetness on the finish like a roasted potato. I did just eat a bag of salt n vinegar potato chips leftover from someone's Jimmy John's for lunch i took home from work today so I might be skewed. It's definitely better to me than the last all Saints but much stronger than I prefer. Surprisingly good burn despite its youth and the box press. Halfway a nice nuttiness in with the dirty mineral notes like a salted walnut. I looked it up at this point, it is MSA wrapper and the cigar coop review mirrored my experience as well. I see a lot of references to chocolate in a lot of reviews but I rarely pick that up. I also rarely eat chocolate so maybe it's just not something I'm tuned into.
Overall I think it's good. Not my preferred profile but there's an awful lot of newer MSA blends out there these days so somebody's into them. Smoked the whole cigar.
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