Player H, Stick 2, Overall score is 87
Irritech, Padilla Signature 1932 Robusto
Appearance and Construction: 20 of 20
This estimated 5x 52 stick is nice looking medium brown, velvety smooth looking cigar. Shows some signs of being aged. Not a blemish to this cigar, no cracks, no spots, no holes and very small veins. I could not smell much today as I had mowed the lawn shortly before smoking this stick and pollen was extremely high today. The smell was nice but could not disseminate what it was.
Pre-lit draw 8 of 10
The draw was extremely tight. I had to use a poker to open it up, which cause some cracking of the wrapper. There draw became much better and there was some spicy and peppery flavors that same out. Nice tingle on the lips.
Burning and lighting 12 of 15
The cigar lit up nicely and the cherry stayed going well throughout. The cracks in the wrapper were on the cap side, but this cigar too many had burn issues right away. Required too many touch-ups and the burn rate was too slow (was still tight). The ash was mostly white and a tad flaky.
Flavor, taste, changes in profile: 26 of 30
Nice earthy start with quality woodsy background. Soon there was small amounts of mocha, toffee, and coffee (think Heath bar). Turned to mostly the light bittersweet chocolate and added some ashtray mouth. The last third did not change much to me. Some mixing of the more bitter coffee and dark more bitter chocolate notes. The stick stayed mild and only turned medium toward the very end.
Overall Finish: 9 of 10
The finish was nice mocha on the pallet, mixed with the ashy taste, overall very good.
Summary: 12 of 15
This stick lasted me an hour, putting it down with about 1.5" remaining. There were many very good qualities and many bad ones. I found this stick hard to judge fairly. The smoke was tasty, but the multiple draw and burn issues killed any change to score higher. Like a few others, would want more to test fairly another time. I would estimate cost around the $6 buck range. Thanks for sharing this cigar with me.
Irritech, Padilla Signature 1932 Robusto
Appearance and Construction: 20 of 20
This estimated 5x 52 stick is nice looking medium brown, velvety smooth looking cigar. Shows some signs of being aged. Not a blemish to this cigar, no cracks, no spots, no holes and very small veins. I could not smell much today as I had mowed the lawn shortly before smoking this stick and pollen was extremely high today. The smell was nice but could not disseminate what it was.
Pre-lit draw 8 of 10
The draw was extremely tight. I had to use a poker to open it up, which cause some cracking of the wrapper. There draw became much better and there was some spicy and peppery flavors that same out. Nice tingle on the lips.
Burning and lighting 12 of 15
The cigar lit up nicely and the cherry stayed going well throughout. The cracks in the wrapper were on the cap side, but this cigar too many had burn issues right away. Required too many touch-ups and the burn rate was too slow (was still tight). The ash was mostly white and a tad flaky.
Flavor, taste, changes in profile: 26 of 30
Nice earthy start with quality woodsy background. Soon there was small amounts of mocha, toffee, and coffee (think Heath bar). Turned to mostly the light bittersweet chocolate and added some ashtray mouth. The last third did not change much to me. Some mixing of the more bitter coffee and dark more bitter chocolate notes. The stick stayed mild and only turned medium toward the very end.
Overall Finish: 9 of 10
The finish was nice mocha on the pallet, mixed with the ashy taste, overall very good.
Summary: 12 of 15
This stick lasted me an hour, putting it down with about 1.5" remaining. There were many very good qualities and many bad ones. I found this stick hard to judge fairly. The smoke was tasty, but the multiple draw and burn issues killed any change to score higher. Like a few others, would want more to test fairly another time. I would estimate cost around the $6 buck range. Thanks for sharing this cigar with me.
