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The Cigar:
A. Fernandez Signature Torpedo (6.0 x 52).
Made by Abdel Fernandez (Rocky Patel, Man O War) in Esteli, Niaragua.
Wrapper is Ecuador Habano, filler is Nicarguan and Honduran ligero.
Available at Cigars International and Cigars.com for about $112.00 for a box of twenty.
Pre-light:
Cigar has a rich, medium brown, wrapper with a nice sheen. There are a few veins, but the appearance is quite even and smooth. The cigar is firm, with no soft spots. The wrapper is well applied, seamless and the tip and foot are clean and neat in appearance. Aroma at this point is sweet tobacco, hay and the faintest touch of cocoa. Cigar clipped perfectly. Pre-light draw is very good, with a taste that is light with hints of hay and black pepper.
1/3: Starts out mellow, with a nice cedar taste and a touch of pepper; creamy smoke and a long finish. Burn is straight, with a strong salt and pepper ash. As the cigar progresses its strength builds and the flavors darken to more of an oak and spice profile.
2/3: Strength is moving well into the medium- full range, oak and pepper are dominant with a bit of leather on the long finish. Pepper increases and near the end a bit of that nice cedar taste emerges again.
3/3: The cedar taste has returned, but with a spicy kick. The flavors are nice and woody, with leather on the finish. The spice later diminishes, just kind of comes and goes. Near the end a slight licorice taste starts in, and then the taste sort of flattens out and it is time to toss it with about an inch and a half left. Smoking time was about an hour and a half.
Overall Impression: This is a very nice cigar; one that I think will only get better with some age. Not really strong or extremely complex, but it held my interest.
A. Fernandez Signature Torpedo (6.0 x 52).
Made by Abdel Fernandez (Rocky Patel, Man O War) in Esteli, Niaragua.
Wrapper is Ecuador Habano, filler is Nicarguan and Honduran ligero.
Available at Cigars International and Cigars.com for about $112.00 for a box of twenty.
Pre-light:
Cigar has a rich, medium brown, wrapper with a nice sheen. There are a few veins, but the appearance is quite even and smooth. The cigar is firm, with no soft spots. The wrapper is well applied, seamless and the tip and foot are clean and neat in appearance. Aroma at this point is sweet tobacco, hay and the faintest touch of cocoa. Cigar clipped perfectly. Pre-light draw is very good, with a taste that is light with hints of hay and black pepper.
1/3: Starts out mellow, with a nice cedar taste and a touch of pepper; creamy smoke and a long finish. Burn is straight, with a strong salt and pepper ash. As the cigar progresses its strength builds and the flavors darken to more of an oak and spice profile.
2/3: Strength is moving well into the medium- full range, oak and pepper are dominant with a bit of leather on the long finish. Pepper increases and near the end a bit of that nice cedar taste emerges again.
3/3: The cedar taste has returned, but with a spicy kick. The flavors are nice and woody, with leather on the finish. The spice later diminishes, just kind of comes and goes. Near the end a slight licorice taste starts in, and then the taste sort of flattens out and it is time to toss it with about an inch and a half left. Smoking time was about an hour and a half.
Overall Impression: This is a very nice cigar; one that I think will only get better with some age. Not really strong or extremely complex, but it held my interest.
