Craig Mac
BoM 4/10 7/11 12/14
As you can see this review is being paired with a Dogfish Head 120 Minute. I haven't done a review lately and since one of my good friends felt the need to send me some great beer I had to pick a great smoke. Lighting this cigar I am reminded of the fortunate experience that I had actually visiting Casa Fuente a few months back and having this same cigar and tangerine mojito with 2 great friends on a great trip to Vegas. The weather here tonight is a little less than desirable so it will be a pretty brief review.
Prelight, I am getting a nice sweetness from the wrapper to the lips and the cold draw is pretty much hay with a slight bit of grass to it. There are no prevalent veins to the cigar, no soft spots and draw seems a little on the tight side. Let's light this sucker up!
Slow roasted this cigar with my Dupont soft flame knockoff while I was watching game 7 of the World Series and first couple draws gave me an earthy, leather taste that is typical of most Opus X with some lingering sweetness. Burn and draw are perfect right out of the gate and I can retrohale this one without any burn. I thought it might be a little tight from the pre-light draw but this sucker is perfect! As I get a bit in to the first part of the cigar, the cedar creeps in a bit but it still remains a medium bodied cigar.
Getting in to the second third it builds a little in strength and the sweetness starts to fade away. At this point I have decided to just smoke in the house, which doesn't happen often.... A very pleasant medium smoke that I just can't seem to set down! This is a cigar you want to retrohale every couple puffs just to pick up on some of the subtilties. Ash is holding great and a very light gray color to it. Draw has been perfect since lighting and ash is holding strong!
Final third..... You ever just take slow deliberate draws off a cigar and watch the thick plum of smoke come from it? Well... this is that cigar! Smoked perfect from start to finish and DFH 120 was the perfect libation to pair with it! The perfect medium bodied smoke, a ton a flavor without being a nicotine bomb, well worth the price of admission if you ever visit Casa Fuente, and the eye candy working there ain't bad either!
Prelight, I am getting a nice sweetness from the wrapper to the lips and the cold draw is pretty much hay with a slight bit of grass to it. There are no prevalent veins to the cigar, no soft spots and draw seems a little on the tight side. Let's light this sucker up!
Slow roasted this cigar with my Dupont soft flame knockoff while I was watching game 7 of the World Series and first couple draws gave me an earthy, leather taste that is typical of most Opus X with some lingering sweetness. Burn and draw are perfect right out of the gate and I can retrohale this one without any burn. I thought it might be a little tight from the pre-light draw but this sucker is perfect! As I get a bit in to the first part of the cigar, the cedar creeps in a bit but it still remains a medium bodied cigar.
Getting in to the second third it builds a little in strength and the sweetness starts to fade away. At this point I have decided to just smoke in the house, which doesn't happen often.... A very pleasant medium smoke that I just can't seem to set down! This is a cigar you want to retrohale every couple puffs just to pick up on some of the subtilties. Ash is holding great and a very light gray color to it. Draw has been perfect since lighting and ash is holding strong!
Final third..... You ever just take slow deliberate draws off a cigar and watch the thick plum of smoke come from it? Well... this is that cigar! Smoked perfect from start to finish and DFH 120 was the perfect libation to pair with it! The perfect medium bodied smoke, a ton a flavor without being a nicotine bomb, well worth the price of admission if you ever visit Casa Fuente, and the eye candy working there ain't bad either!
