Nestor Miranda Art Deco
The Specs
Manufactured: Nicaragua
Length/Gauge: Robusto Grande (5.5" x 54)
Wrapper/Filler: Two binders - a Dominican Corojo 98 and a Nicaraguan Habano 00/blend of Nicaraguan Pelo de Oro and Dominican San Vicente long-fillers/Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper from 2006.
Price: ~$7.00
Appearance
Very nice appearance, dark brown Corojo wrapper. Feels heavy for the size of the stick. No viable seams, nice triple cap. Very nice looking stick; reminds me a lot of a LP T52.
Grade: A
Construction
No soft spots or other issues that I can find. Cap cut cleanly with my Xiara V-cutter. Pre-light draw was spot on.
Grade: B
Flavor
Pre light draw flavors are rich earthiness with some spice on the lips.
Lighting it up, the stick produces thick, chewy smoke. Rich tobacco flavor with a very nice spice on the pallet that lingers all the way through the finish.
About 1 in, very rich flavors of earth with the spice very front and center. Its not an overwhelming blast of pepper, but rather a very nice tingle. Easily a medium+ right now.
The ash is bright white and seems to hold on forever.
About 2 in now and the ash is leaning quite a bit, this will definitely require some touching up. No flavor changes.
Well into the 2nd third and the stick has required several touch-ups. Still very spicy up front, with some hints of toasted nuts and dark chocolate. It reminded me of one of those dark cocoa chocolate bars with spice.
½ in and really having trouble keeping it lit; I bought this stick about 2 weeks ago and its been in my regular 70/70 wineador. This stick would probably have benefited from some dry boxing.
Just over the ½ way mark, no flavor changes to speak of, spice is still very prominent. I would say this is a full(-) at this point.
Unfortunately Im still having issues keeping it lit and Im going to throw in the towel.
Grade: B
Value
At $7 I think its a fair, but not great price point.
Grade: C
Final Thoughts
If you like a full bodied stick with spice, its hard to go wrong with this. Ill definitely pick up a few more and see how they do with some age and dry boxing.
Final Overall Grade: B
The Specs
Manufactured: Nicaragua
Length/Gauge: Robusto Grande (5.5" x 54)
Wrapper/Filler: Two binders - a Dominican Corojo 98 and a Nicaraguan Habano 00/blend of Nicaraguan Pelo de Oro and Dominican San Vicente long-fillers/Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper from 2006.
Price: ~$7.00
Appearance
Very nice appearance, dark brown Corojo wrapper. Feels heavy for the size of the stick. No viable seams, nice triple cap. Very nice looking stick; reminds me a lot of a LP T52.
Grade: A
Construction
No soft spots or other issues that I can find. Cap cut cleanly with my Xiara V-cutter. Pre-light draw was spot on.
Grade: B
Flavor
Pre light draw flavors are rich earthiness with some spice on the lips.
Lighting it up, the stick produces thick, chewy smoke. Rich tobacco flavor with a very nice spice on the pallet that lingers all the way through the finish.
About 1 in, very rich flavors of earth with the spice very front and center. Its not an overwhelming blast of pepper, but rather a very nice tingle. Easily a medium+ right now.
The ash is bright white and seems to hold on forever.
About 2 in now and the ash is leaning quite a bit, this will definitely require some touching up. No flavor changes.
Well into the 2nd third and the stick has required several touch-ups. Still very spicy up front, with some hints of toasted nuts and dark chocolate. It reminded me of one of those dark cocoa chocolate bars with spice.
½ in and really having trouble keeping it lit; I bought this stick about 2 weeks ago and its been in my regular 70/70 wineador. This stick would probably have benefited from some dry boxing.
Just over the ½ way mark, no flavor changes to speak of, spice is still very prominent. I would say this is a full(-) at this point.
Unfortunately Im still having issues keeping it lit and Im going to throw in the towel.
Grade: B
Value
At $7 I think its a fair, but not great price point.
Grade: C
Final Thoughts
If you like a full bodied stick with spice, its hard to go wrong with this. Ill definitely pick up a few more and see how they do with some age and dry boxing.
Final Overall Grade: B
