I don't think I'm very good at reviewing cigars, but seeing as this was a home roll I felt like I really needed to try and put one together.
I got this stick in a trade with @nic
Blend 1 PAO 4/2/2016. I'd say it was CGish in size. I didn't think to really measure it.
Ok on to the serious stuff. I don't have the most refined palate, but here's what I got.
Started off with white pepper followed shortly by fruit or some type of sweetness. Not dark fruit, but like a maraschino cherry, with that slightly almond flavor they have. Last a bit of leather on the back end, just enough that I could pick it out, but not super strong.
I want to say it reminded me of the sweetness from a MJ12 but I've only had one of those. It also kind of made me think of the sweetness of a Tat TAA 2015 when they were young. The white pepper made me recall the Aquitaine.
Those flavors were the ones I mostly tasted, they played back and forth in strength which was amazing as the fruit was very tasty and the pepper was like a palette cleanser that just made the sweetness even bolder and more defined. The pepper got strong on occasion, but never so much that I didn't like it, and then the sweetness would return and just even things right back out. I really liked the blend.
The stick was a little more rustic than a factory stick, but had no construction issues. The burn was perfect and the cap held up to a good V cut with no issue. I didn't even dry box it and it never needed a touch up. The ash hung strong too.
To me this was a very enjoyable stick. I loved the blend and it burned with zero issues. I can't ask for more than that!
I got this stick in a trade with @nic
Blend 1 PAO 4/2/2016. I'd say it was CGish in size. I didn't think to really measure it.
Ok on to the serious stuff. I don't have the most refined palate, but here's what I got.
Started off with white pepper followed shortly by fruit or some type of sweetness. Not dark fruit, but like a maraschino cherry, with that slightly almond flavor they have. Last a bit of leather on the back end, just enough that I could pick it out, but not super strong.
I want to say it reminded me of the sweetness from a MJ12 but I've only had one of those. It also kind of made me think of the sweetness of a Tat TAA 2015 when they were young. The white pepper made me recall the Aquitaine.
Those flavors were the ones I mostly tasted, they played back and forth in strength which was amazing as the fruit was very tasty and the pepper was like a palette cleanser that just made the sweetness even bolder and more defined. The pepper got strong on occasion, but never so much that I didn't like it, and then the sweetness would return and just even things right back out. I really liked the blend.
The stick was a little more rustic than a factory stick, but had no construction issues. The burn was perfect and the cap held up to a good V cut with no issue. I didn't even dry box it and it never needed a touch up. The ash hung strong too.
To me this was a very enjoyable stick. I loved the blend and it burned with zero issues. I can't ask for more than that!
