El Septimo Culinary Art Nigori

Inspired by the cloudy, lightly sweet character of Japanese nigori sake, El Septimo’s Culinary Art Nigori opens with cedar, cream and a touch of black pepper before milk coffee and cocoa take over the middle. Its silky Connecticut wrapper and multi-nation filler, aged a minimum of five years, keep the smoke smooth and gently sweet, with the cream fading to let tobacco, cocoa and cedar step forward in the final third. Impeccably constructed and approachable, it is the El Septimo to start with, and a natural partner for sake or green tea.