Like the title says this is my first review. I have been smoking cigars since I was 15-16. My buddy's dad is the definition of an aficionado. He showed me the ropes so to speak. I never thought to do a review, because I don't believe I have a delicate enough palate to. But you didn't click here to get my back story so to the cigar.
My Father Le Bijou 1922 Toro Country: Nicaragua Ring Gauge: 52 Cigar Length: 6 inches Shape: Toro Wrapper: Oscuro maduro Strength: Strong Cost: $14ish Apperance: Right off the bat, there is a large vein running from foot to cap, not a problem. The wrapper is a nice even dark brown, feels nice.
Pairing: Sierra Mist Natural and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2013
1/3: I clipped the cap, cut nicely. Toasted foot, and start to smoke. My first impression is almost a toasted nutty taste. Defiantly an oscuro flavor ringing through (which is great, it is what drew me to the cigar in the first place). Good amount of smoke, easy draw. A leathery flavor has picked up, which I have always enjoyed. Burning evenly, the ash is pretty strong at this point. A nice white with grey peppering. As it stands right now, it is a strong smoke. I am getting a little spice, like a white pepper almost.
2/3: Well, I had to do a touch up. I don't mind, just a little weird burn. I am sure it is the sweetness of the Sierra Mist complementing the spice, but I get almost a chipotle taste I am really enjoying. I hear all the time about a flavor shift, it is not so much as a flavor shift as a move to a bolder smoke. If that makes sense. More like the current flavors picked up. It is a strong little guy, I will give it that. I keep looking at the band, it does have a good looking bad. Which scared me, I get worried that they put too much effort in to the band and not enough in to the cigar. But this doesn't seem to be the case here.
Last third: I don't normally smoke much of the last third, just the way I was taught. The band came off easily, that's a plus. Nothing worse than breaking your cigar trying to get the band apart because some jackass sloped a ton of glue on it. Flavors dulled out. I will say the 2/3 was my favorite part of this smoke, but it almost seemed to dull into a cacao taste which was nice. Little of an uneven burn, but correctable. Probably 2 inches left, so I will let it die a natural death.
My rating(which doesn't mean shit): I give it an 8/10. I've had better, but I have DEFIANTLY had worse. 75% chance will buy again.
And for those of you who were wondering, I won. -13. Thanks for reading, let me know what you think on my first.
My Father Le Bijou 1922 Toro Country: Nicaragua Ring Gauge: 52 Cigar Length: 6 inches Shape: Toro Wrapper: Oscuro maduro Strength: Strong Cost: $14ish Apperance: Right off the bat, there is a large vein running from foot to cap, not a problem. The wrapper is a nice even dark brown, feels nice.
Pairing: Sierra Mist Natural and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2013
1/3: I clipped the cap, cut nicely. Toasted foot, and start to smoke. My first impression is almost a toasted nutty taste. Defiantly an oscuro flavor ringing through (which is great, it is what drew me to the cigar in the first place). Good amount of smoke, easy draw. A leathery flavor has picked up, which I have always enjoyed. Burning evenly, the ash is pretty strong at this point. A nice white with grey peppering. As it stands right now, it is a strong smoke. I am getting a little spice, like a white pepper almost.
2/3: Well, I had to do a touch up. I don't mind, just a little weird burn. I am sure it is the sweetness of the Sierra Mist complementing the spice, but I get almost a chipotle taste I am really enjoying. I hear all the time about a flavor shift, it is not so much as a flavor shift as a move to a bolder smoke. If that makes sense. More like the current flavors picked up. It is a strong little guy, I will give it that. I keep looking at the band, it does have a good looking bad. Which scared me, I get worried that they put too much effort in to the band and not enough in to the cigar. But this doesn't seem to be the case here.
Last third: I don't normally smoke much of the last third, just the way I was taught. The band came off easily, that's a plus. Nothing worse than breaking your cigar trying to get the band apart because some jackass sloped a ton of glue on it. Flavors dulled out. I will say the 2/3 was my favorite part of this smoke, but it almost seemed to dull into a cacao taste which was nice. Little of an uneven burn, but correctable. Probably 2 inches left, so I will let it die a natural death.
My rating(which doesn't mean shit): I give it an 8/10. I've had better, but I have DEFIANTLY had worse. 75% chance will buy again.
And for those of you who were wondering, I won. -13. Thanks for reading, let me know what you think on my first.
