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Last night i had a Trini Vigia, paired with a decent IPA. Bought earlier in the year, before they went out of stock in a number of shops for a short while, so guessing it was about 12-15 months old by the time i smoked it.
I tend to keep mine at around 70, so was supple and springy upon inspection. It cut easily and cleanly, and lit up very well. The wrapper was nice and smooth, and held a good light sheen. The pre-lighting draw was quite sweet and chewy- creme caramel underpinned a fairly light, almost fruity spice to it. What started as an easy drawing stick, stayed exactly that way and burned evenly throughout. Whether its a product of a relatively wet stick, but the ash seemed to have a flimsy outer layer, not more than a millimeter thick that flaked away with a firm core.... Not seen that before.
this was an easy going smoke, really approachable throughout. In the opening few draws, and then periodically through the first half i got hits of sea salt, both on the draw, and tasted on my lips. The first third gave consistent notes of hay, and the odd hit of fresh cut grass.There was a good underlying caramel tone to this smoke- without getting sweet. this was accompanied by soft underlying hints of coffee n cedar. Flavours were pretty consistent beyond the first third, which makes me think that this is a stick that needs a longer nap, in order to evolve mature and better figure out what it is. Towards the end, there was a fair dose of Vitamin N, not unpleasamt but certainly was there.
I've had these in the humi for c6 months or so and have taken one on several holidays, resisting it each time. With a days good rugby (watching!) behind me, a warm clear evening was too good to miss, and so the trini was served up! And it wasnt disappointing. But while i am no expert i think these have their best days yet to come. Suspect i will try to pick up a 12 count box of these to tuck away for a few years, and work through the half dozen or so i have in a humi, over the intervening period to see how they evolve.
Enjoy!
MRC
I tend to keep mine at around 70, so was supple and springy upon inspection. It cut easily and cleanly, and lit up very well. The wrapper was nice and smooth, and held a good light sheen. The pre-lighting draw was quite sweet and chewy- creme caramel underpinned a fairly light, almost fruity spice to it. What started as an easy drawing stick, stayed exactly that way and burned evenly throughout. Whether its a product of a relatively wet stick, but the ash seemed to have a flimsy outer layer, not more than a millimeter thick that flaked away with a firm core.... Not seen that before.
this was an easy going smoke, really approachable throughout. In the opening few draws, and then periodically through the first half i got hits of sea salt, both on the draw, and tasted on my lips. The first third gave consistent notes of hay, and the odd hit of fresh cut grass.There was a good underlying caramel tone to this smoke- without getting sweet. this was accompanied by soft underlying hints of coffee n cedar. Flavours were pretty consistent beyond the first third, which makes me think that this is a stick that needs a longer nap, in order to evolve mature and better figure out what it is. Towards the end, there was a fair dose of Vitamin N, not unpleasamt but certainly was there.
I've had these in the humi for c6 months or so and have taken one on several holidays, resisting it each time. With a days good rugby (watching!) behind me, a warm clear evening was too good to miss, and so the trini was served up! And it wasnt disappointing. But while i am no expert i think these have their best days yet to come. Suspect i will try to pick up a 12 count box of these to tuck away for a few years, and work through the half dozen or so i have in a humi, over the intervening period to see how they evolve.
Enjoy!
MRC
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