Hey everyone, my sincerest apologies for being so tardy in getting this posted up. Life has been absolute chaos lately and I've barely had an online presence even on the sites that I help run.
Anyway, this cigar was an attractive and large maduro cigar. It was very dense and firm with some veins and an oily sheen to it.
The prelight smell was of cinnamon and leather and the prelight draw was very similar, but with more sweetness to it.
It lit easily and right off the bat I got a very solid flavor of pepper and dark chocolate. It remained this way for a while and got a bit sweeter around the 2nd 3rd. It took on a toasted flavor and eventually I picked up on some black coffee.
Unfortunately, the draw was very tight and try as I might I couldn't get it to work for me. While I was getting some good flavors for a while, I had to really work at it and the smoke production was terrible. It was very thin. After working at it for a an hour or so I think I pushed it too much and I got a very potent sour taste, which reminded me of a bad carrot actually.
I tried using a draw poker that I had and it helped for a brief bit and the cigar became much better. I was thoroughly enjoying it, but it plugged again in short order and I couldn't get it to stay working well. I didn't actually finish this cigar, but I think I just got unlucky with the sample that I had and that it had potential to be very enjoyable.
It is a cigar I would definitely try again and if I didn't run into any construction issues and got those good flavors that I picked up on, I would keep some in my humidor. I can't say off of this one sample how much I would pay or how many I'd keep, but I would revisit it without doubt.
I couldn't tell you exactly what this was, but my guess is that it's mainly Nicaraguan in origin.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to do this experiment and, again, I apologize for being so long in getting my final review up. I appreciate everyone's patience.
Anyway, this cigar was an attractive and large maduro cigar. It was very dense and firm with some veins and an oily sheen to it.
The prelight smell was of cinnamon and leather and the prelight draw was very similar, but with more sweetness to it.
It lit easily and right off the bat I got a very solid flavor of pepper and dark chocolate. It remained this way for a while and got a bit sweeter around the 2nd 3rd. It took on a toasted flavor and eventually I picked up on some black coffee.
Unfortunately, the draw was very tight and try as I might I couldn't get it to work for me. While I was getting some good flavors for a while, I had to really work at it and the smoke production was terrible. It was very thin. After working at it for a an hour or so I think I pushed it too much and I got a very potent sour taste, which reminded me of a bad carrot actually.
I tried using a draw poker that I had and it helped for a brief bit and the cigar became much better. I was thoroughly enjoying it, but it plugged again in short order and I couldn't get it to stay working well. I didn't actually finish this cigar, but I think I just got unlucky with the sample that I had and that it had potential to be very enjoyable.
It is a cigar I would definitely try again and if I didn't run into any construction issues and got those good flavors that I picked up on, I would keep some in my humidor. I can't say off of this one sample how much I would pay or how many I'd keep, but I would revisit it without doubt.
I couldn't tell you exactly what this was, but my guess is that it's mainly Nicaraguan in origin.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to do this experiment and, again, I apologize for being so long in getting my final review up. I appreciate everyone's patience.
