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According to the Esteban Carreras website the Chupa Cabra is a Nicaraugan puro. It has a toothy Habano Oscuro wrapper that is both toothy and rustic with some veins and seams showing. This particular cigar is the Robusto measuring 5 X 54. As you can see the foot is closed and the head has a pigtail. This cigar was sent to me along with the Esteban Carreras Covenant on a cigar purchase I made several months ago.
The closed foot presented an opportunity to use the French method of toasting and then applying a straight cut. There was an initial shot of peppery spice. Some sweet leathery notes were present. The draw was wide open. I suspected that this may present problems later on in the smoke and of course it did. The strength and body was medium. All okay after a few puffs in.
Very soon I started channeling and despite continually rolling the cigar to different mouth positions, resting and correcting burn this just never went away. This cigar came from a humidor that is rock steady at 65% Rh.
Normally this small amount can be readily corrected and eliminated but not this time. The draw became very airy and required two relights. About this time I was getting frustrated. It's a shame because the flavors were actually pretty good. Sweet and leathery with a light core of spice.
So the frustration got the best of me and I ended the cigar. This was the only one of these sticks that I have but I have to believe that if the construction was better this would be a pretty good cigar. As it was a thrown in as an extra I am not out anything. Unfortunately though pretty good flavor was there I would not be tempted to buy this cigar. This may be an unfair assessment of this stick but it is all I have to go on.
I almost never put a cigar to rest at this point but alas frustration overcame any enjoyment and when it went out at this point that was enough for me.
The closed foot presented an opportunity to use the French method of toasting and then applying a straight cut. There was an initial shot of peppery spice. Some sweet leathery notes were present. The draw was wide open. I suspected that this may present problems later on in the smoke and of course it did. The strength and body was medium. All okay after a few puffs in.
Very soon I started channeling and despite continually rolling the cigar to different mouth positions, resting and correcting burn this just never went away. This cigar came from a humidor that is rock steady at 65% Rh.
Normally this small amount can be readily corrected and eliminated but not this time. The draw became very airy and required two relights. About this time I was getting frustrated. It's a shame because the flavors were actually pretty good. Sweet and leathery with a light core of spice.
So the frustration got the best of me and I ended the cigar. This was the only one of these sticks that I have but I have to believe that if the construction was better this would be a pretty good cigar. As it was a thrown in as an extra I am not out anything. Unfortunately though pretty good flavor was there I would not be tempted to buy this cigar. This may be an unfair assessment of this stick but it is all I have to go on.
I almost never put a cigar to rest at this point but alas frustration overcame any enjoyment and when it went out at this point that was enough for me.
