danthebugman
BoM Nov '10
Rolled into Outlaw yesterday morning to meet up with some BOTL and enjoy some cigars. Being that it was early in the day, I'd packed a milder stick to try so I could still enjoy some heavier cigars later in the day. My choice was to bring the Man O War Virtue. I find the original Man O War to be a pretty good stick so I was looking forward to what this one had to offer. I didn't take my usual pics when I was smoking this one...sorry.
The Virtue features a Nicaraguan filler and binder with a Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper. This particular cigar is a Toro and measures in at 6 x 60. It's a pleasant looking cigar with the light tan wrapper contrasted by the darker filler and binder. The cigar feels well packed with no soft spots, but a slight amount of give when pinched. There are no obvious blemishes to the wrapper and minimal veining. The seams are tight and cap neatly applied. Pre-light aroma is a slightly sweet, faint tobacco.
The cap squished a little bit when I was clipping it. Some of that may have been due to my cutter, but I didn't have any similar issues with other cigars I smoked that day. At any rate it turned out okay and I was met with a draw that had a touch of resistance. It carried a faint, nutty tobacco flavor.
The cigar lit easily under the flame from my Ronson. I was surprised that right off the bat there was an fairly strong pepper component. It was the dominant flavor and overpowered any more subtle flavors for about the first inch of the cigar. The burn was mostly straight with some minor straying here and there, but it always corrected itself.
After the first inch the pepper started to fade away and was completely absent after the 1/3. It was replaced with a toast/roasted nut flavor. There was an ample amount of thick smoke that paused in the air before traveling to the ventilation unit above. This ambient smoke had a slightly earthy, dried grass aroma. The ash appeared to be holding strong until around and inch and a half to two inches when it dropped ungracefully into my lap and chair.
Some creaminess developed in the 2/3. Otherwise everything else remained the same. By the start of the 3/3 the flavors had soured some and the toast/roasted nut flavor had become more of a burned toast flavor. The burn had continued to remain mostly straight and the ash, which previously had plummeted into my lap, proved to hold stronger for the rest of the cigar. I left the cigar to burn out in the ashtray with about an inch and a half left on it.
Overall I wouldn't say this is a bad cigar if you like milder and/or Connecticut wrapped cigars. I don't or at least haven't found one I have yet so my experience with this cigar was found wanting. While I was bombed with the few that I have, the price point on these I find to be too high. You can only get them at Cigars.com and Cigars International where this vitola runs about $8-9 a stick if you buy singles/5er and a little over $6 if you buy a box.
Dan
The Virtue features a Nicaraguan filler and binder with a Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper. This particular cigar is a Toro and measures in at 6 x 60. It's a pleasant looking cigar with the light tan wrapper contrasted by the darker filler and binder. The cigar feels well packed with no soft spots, but a slight amount of give when pinched. There are no obvious blemishes to the wrapper and minimal veining. The seams are tight and cap neatly applied. Pre-light aroma is a slightly sweet, faint tobacco.
The cap squished a little bit when I was clipping it. Some of that may have been due to my cutter, but I didn't have any similar issues with other cigars I smoked that day. At any rate it turned out okay and I was met with a draw that had a touch of resistance. It carried a faint, nutty tobacco flavor.
The cigar lit easily under the flame from my Ronson. I was surprised that right off the bat there was an fairly strong pepper component. It was the dominant flavor and overpowered any more subtle flavors for about the first inch of the cigar. The burn was mostly straight with some minor straying here and there, but it always corrected itself.
After the first inch the pepper started to fade away and was completely absent after the 1/3. It was replaced with a toast/roasted nut flavor. There was an ample amount of thick smoke that paused in the air before traveling to the ventilation unit above. This ambient smoke had a slightly earthy, dried grass aroma. The ash appeared to be holding strong until around and inch and a half to two inches when it dropped ungracefully into my lap and chair.
Some creaminess developed in the 2/3. Otherwise everything else remained the same. By the start of the 3/3 the flavors had soured some and the toast/roasted nut flavor had become more of a burned toast flavor. The burn had continued to remain mostly straight and the ash, which previously had plummeted into my lap, proved to hold stronger for the rest of the cigar. I left the cigar to burn out in the ashtray with about an inch and a half left on it.
Overall I wouldn't say this is a bad cigar if you like milder and/or Connecticut wrapped cigars. I don't or at least haven't found one I have yet so my experience with this cigar was found wanting. While I was bombed with the few that I have, the price point on these I find to be too high. You can only get them at Cigars.com and Cigars International where this vitola runs about $8-9 a stick if you buy singles/5er and a little over $6 if you buy a box.
Dan
