Length: 7.5
Ring Gauge: 52
Country Manufactured: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Binder: Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Dominican Republic
Color: Maduro
Strength: Medium
Shape: Double Corona
This was part of a sampler and was rested 154 days @ 65%
Pre-Light: 15/20
Slightly oily and fairly smooth wrapper with visible veinage but not excessive. The pre-light aroma showed a very slight sweetness with prominent barnyard/manure aroma. The cap was well applied and cut cleanly.
Construction: 20/30
The wrapper was a nice dark maduro with uniform color. There were no soft spots and pre-light the construction appeared to be good however the draw was very tight at times having to triple puff to produce any substantial amount of smoke.
Lighting and Burn: 5/15
The foot took flame easily but there was an on going issue with the burn line wandering requiring numerous touch ups. It held about 1 inch of flaky gray ash before falling. At about the 3/4 mark it did not want to stay lit at which point I let it go out.
Flavor and Aroma: 10/35
There were not a lot of flavors here other than an earthiness and a bit of bitterness on the finish. I found no detectable sweetness usually associated with a Maduro wrapper.
Summary:
This cigar seemed to be more work than pleasure with the tight draw, lack of smoke production, and burn issues which resulted in my quitting on it about 3/4 in.
Ring Gauge: 52
Country Manufactured: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Binder: Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Dominican Republic
Color: Maduro
Strength: Medium
Shape: Double Corona
This was part of a sampler and was rested 154 days @ 65%
Pre-Light: 15/20
Slightly oily and fairly smooth wrapper with visible veinage but not excessive. The pre-light aroma showed a very slight sweetness with prominent barnyard/manure aroma. The cap was well applied and cut cleanly.
Construction: 20/30
The wrapper was a nice dark maduro with uniform color. There were no soft spots and pre-light the construction appeared to be good however the draw was very tight at times having to triple puff to produce any substantial amount of smoke.
Lighting and Burn: 5/15
The foot took flame easily but there was an on going issue with the burn line wandering requiring numerous touch ups. It held about 1 inch of flaky gray ash before falling. At about the 3/4 mark it did not want to stay lit at which point I let it go out.
Flavor and Aroma: 10/35
There were not a lot of flavors here other than an earthiness and a bit of bitterness on the finish. I found no detectable sweetness usually associated with a Maduro wrapper.
Summary:
This cigar seemed to be more work than pleasure with the tight draw, lack of smoke production, and burn issues which resulted in my quitting on it about 3/4 in.
