Docbp87
Smoke Into Oblivion
So here we go... the third and final cigar in Fourtotheflush's series of blind cigar reviews! The third and final cigar is a dark chocolate brown toro, measuring 6x52. The wrapper is an oily, dark chocolate brown, with almost no visible veins, and a really clean double cap. I have a sneakin' suspicion pretty quickly as to what this sumbitch prolly is, or at least that it is one of three cigars from similar lines, from a single factory in Esteli, Nicaragua... However, at this point I am not sure which of the three possibilities it is. The seams are almost invisible without examining them reallllly closely. The cold aroma from the foot reminds me of bread and chocolate, with just a touch of spice. After a nice clean cut from the head, the cold draw gives that same bready chocolate, plus a little leather, and really slightly bitter coffee.
Lit at 3:00pm
The first third offers a spicy pepper and wood core, with chocolate and coffee around the edges, and some heat through the nose. The strength is high medium by the end of the first third. Smoke production is freakin' outrageous, which just serves to confirm my suspicions. The flavor profile also reinforces my my thinking that this is at least a mostly Nicaraguan cigar.
In the second third, things get a touch stronger, and the smoke production continues to be ridiculous. While sitting in the cigar stand between draws, it puts off as much smoke as it does while/immediately after a draw. Flavors don't change much, aside from the chocolate and coffee getting more intense, so a change in balance of flavor I guess. Both sweetness from cocoa, and bitterness from coffee pplay off one another wonderfully. Unfortunately, my phone died somewhere in here, so no more pictures
As the final third is winding down, with really not much new going on, aside from further intensifying of a few flavors (a dark earthiness that has been sort of an afterthought from the beginning of the cigar), coffee bitterness, and a sweet, dark chocolate. I can't help but thinking that as this cigar progressed, the flavors went from subtle to a little dirty and muddled on the palate. I think it has to do with the wrapper. Ended at 4:42 pm, for an hour and 42 minutes smoke time, which is awesome, though seems appropriate for a cigar this size.
I really want to thank Flush for this awesome, really fun game he has given us to play.
When I wrote this review I guessed that it was either a Liga No. 9 or an Undercrown... I think based on the information Jdog came up with, that Undercrown seems to be the answer...
Again, thanks so much Flush!
Lit at 3:00pm
The first third offers a spicy pepper and wood core, with chocolate and coffee around the edges, and some heat through the nose. The strength is high medium by the end of the first third. Smoke production is freakin' outrageous, which just serves to confirm my suspicions. The flavor profile also reinforces my my thinking that this is at least a mostly Nicaraguan cigar.
In the second third, things get a touch stronger, and the smoke production continues to be ridiculous. While sitting in the cigar stand between draws, it puts off as much smoke as it does while/immediately after a draw. Flavors don't change much, aside from the chocolate and coffee getting more intense, so a change in balance of flavor I guess. Both sweetness from cocoa, and bitterness from coffee pplay off one another wonderfully. Unfortunately, my phone died somewhere in here, so no more pictures
As the final third is winding down, with really not much new going on, aside from further intensifying of a few flavors (a dark earthiness that has been sort of an afterthought from the beginning of the cigar), coffee bitterness, and a sweet, dark chocolate. I can't help but thinking that as this cigar progressed, the flavors went from subtle to a little dirty and muddled on the palate. I think it has to do with the wrapper. Ended at 4:42 pm, for an hour and 42 minutes smoke time, which is awesome, though seems appropriate for a cigar this size.
I really want to thank Flush for this awesome, really fun game he has given us to play.
When I wrote this review I guessed that it was either a Liga No. 9 or an Undercrown... I think based on the information Jdog came up with, that Undercrown seems to be the answer...
Again, thanks so much Flush!
