I have been hesitant to try an IT by RP....read some mixed reviews. A friend gifted this to me and I gave it a shot tonight with my usual coffee and ice water.
Nothing special about the prelight aroma and draw. Easy and even light and very even burn through the entire 1 hour smoke with a solid ash that I flicked at about an inch or so. I couldn't tell how this was going to turn out for the first ten minutes, but this cigar quickly provided a combo of cocoa and toast, some might say earthy, with the slightest flavor of leather peaking in and out. At no time did I taste pepper or spice which surprised me since this has been described as a full-bodied, strong cigar. A huge volume of smoke upon drawing continued laying these flavors on my tongue and palette for the rest of the smoke. These flavors hit my sweet spot in cigar smoking and I believe this may become one of my change of pace cigars when I need something a little different but full flavored....I said full flavored on purpose because the flavors are quite prominent with each draw. The great construction of this cigar allowed me to chew down hard on this baby which again, hits my sweet spot.
I guess these can be bought for about $3/stick which makes it a great value IMO.
Nothing special about the prelight aroma and draw. Easy and even light and very even burn through the entire 1 hour smoke with a solid ash that I flicked at about an inch or so. I couldn't tell how this was going to turn out for the first ten minutes, but this cigar quickly provided a combo of cocoa and toast, some might say earthy, with the slightest flavor of leather peaking in and out. At no time did I taste pepper or spice which surprised me since this has been described as a full-bodied, strong cigar. A huge volume of smoke upon drawing continued laying these flavors on my tongue and palette for the rest of the smoke. These flavors hit my sweet spot in cigar smoking and I believe this may become one of my change of pace cigars when I need something a little different but full flavored....I said full flavored on purpose because the flavors are quite prominent with each draw. The great construction of this cigar allowed me to chew down hard on this baby which again, hits my sweet spot.
I guess these can be bought for about $3/stick which makes it a great value IMO.