Jfire
BoM 9/9' 9/11' 8/12'
Las Calaveras EL 2014
Drink: water and The Belvenie 14yr Carribean cask (separate)
Cut with Xicar X1
The cigar presents itself with a velvety/ oily wrapper. With a slight sheen as well.
Prelite draw: Somewhat open draw/slightly loose
Pre-lite: Light tea and milky profile
Start time: 10:22 PM
First puffs: Pepin spice and tobacco(white pepper)
First third: Only 5 mins in and this cigar reminds me of the MF 10 year anniversary/coffin cigar. A little less refined, a little more white pepper.... Milk chocolate, tea and spice.
Ash is flaky, and drops after a inch.
Second third:
All of the pepper/spice is gone. And the cigar is somewhat muted. It is relatively humid outside tonight. And I think this is affecting the cigar as I smoke it. This cigar is easy to retro hale. And through the nose I am getting milk chocolate and plain tobacco still. I am also purging it consistently to help the cigar as it burns.
Second half of this third presents itself with a mushroom, peaty taste. As well as earth and leather. The sweetness is all but gone.
Final third:
Not much change from the second. The milkiness is starting to come back. Purging is still helping as well.
Ambient smoke has a sweetness smell to it as well, which I really like. Other than that, just smoke and lots of it. I'll be putting it down in a few.
Final thoughts:
A few flavors, most were very "silent". Spice to start then it backed off. Was medium bodied to start then became med-full towards the end.
This cigar is young, wet and needs additional aging time.(IMO) I'm sure the additional high humidity outside affected it as well. But like many Pepin tobaccos, I think it will really benefit from downtime. (his La Verite 2009 is really shining right now. And it was a dog when released) In my opinion you really need to put this cigar through the nose in order to taste the silent flavors presented. I think it really does have a lot of aging potential two-three years down the road. Wb thank you for the treat.
Finished: 11:40 PM
1HR 20 mins
Drink: water and The Belvenie 14yr Carribean cask (separate)
Cut with Xicar X1
The cigar presents itself with a velvety/ oily wrapper. With a slight sheen as well.
Prelite draw: Somewhat open draw/slightly loose
Pre-lite: Light tea and milky profile
Start time: 10:22 PM
First puffs: Pepin spice and tobacco(white pepper)
First third: Only 5 mins in and this cigar reminds me of the MF 10 year anniversary/coffin cigar. A little less refined, a little more white pepper.... Milk chocolate, tea and spice.
Ash is flaky, and drops after a inch.
Second third:
All of the pepper/spice is gone. And the cigar is somewhat muted. It is relatively humid outside tonight. And I think this is affecting the cigar as I smoke it. This cigar is easy to retro hale. And through the nose I am getting milk chocolate and plain tobacco still. I am also purging it consistently to help the cigar as it burns.
Second half of this third presents itself with a mushroom, peaty taste. As well as earth and leather. The sweetness is all but gone.
Final third:
Not much change from the second. The milkiness is starting to come back. Purging is still helping as well.
Ambient smoke has a sweetness smell to it as well, which I really like. Other than that, just smoke and lots of it. I'll be putting it down in a few.
Final thoughts:
A few flavors, most were very "silent". Spice to start then it backed off. Was medium bodied to start then became med-full towards the end.
This cigar is young, wet and needs additional aging time.(IMO) I'm sure the additional high humidity outside affected it as well. But like many Pepin tobaccos, I think it will really benefit from downtime. (his La Verite 2009 is really shining right now. And it was a dog when released) In my opinion you really need to put this cigar through the nose in order to taste the silent flavors presented. I think it really does have a lot of aging potential two-three years down the road. Wb thank you for the treat.
Finished: 11:40 PM
1HR 20 mins
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