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Creole Delicioso Toro - blind review

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Yet another blind review that I did. I swore when I was smoking this that it was a Torano 1916 Cameroon. Guess I was wrong :)


Pros: Creamy goodness!
Cons: Wrapper crackly-ness!

Pre-smoke

Scent of Wrapper: This is always hard for me to tell, but a bit hay-ish and woody.

Scent at Foot: straight up barnyard

Appearance: the wrapper musta took a beating during shipping, cuz its falling apart in places. This is the only smoke in the package that is like this, so it appears that its fairly thin. So appearancce fails miserably.

Wrapper: its an "average" brown color. tooty in texture, appears to be a cameroon if I'd have to guess

Feel: I'm afraid to feel it up, as the wrapper is so crackly. Yet, I do, and it cracks further. Shoulda resisted.

Tongue: Gives off a bit of a "baseball glove string" leathery taste

Flavor on Draw: I have no clue. It's fairly indistinct


Smoke
Taste: Initials puffs are creamy! Sooo good. I'm convince this is a cameroon now, and I have a guess to the Brand / Line. I notice a hint of "toast" in there as well. About half way, a bit of ammonia trickles into the flavor, pissing me off. I"d be happy with cream and toast I purge, but it keeps finding its way back.

Flavor Changes: flavors were fairly consistent, other than the ammonia entering in at about the half way point

Strength: i'd say this was medium body.

Feeling: didn't really give me any buzz or anything like that

Scent of Smoke: i was outside, but it was a bit cedary, rather light smelling smoke

Heat on Fingers and in Mouth: not hot at all. i did let it go out with about 1/3rd left, but it didn't ever seem hot

Draw:draw was a little too tough for me. didn't get out the volume of smoke that I usually like to.

Finish: it had a nice finish. nothing overpowering, and it didn't linger on for 8 hours, but it was creamy.

Other Aspects of the Cigar Smoking Experience:
a. the wrapper was way too delicate. even cutting the cap caused it to crack further. this make smoking way too difficult.
b. as much as I like the flavor of this cigar, the wrapper ruined it. I'd love to try it again if there was no evidence that it would fall apart on me.
c. ash was flaky and didn't hang on for over an inch.

Final Rating: 7.3
 
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