So, we got 6 boxes of these bad boys into the shop down here about a week ago and my boss, well the first thing he did was break one open, pull two sticks out and tell me, " Right lets get these done ".
Now, I am not an experienced cigar smoker, I've only been smoking for about four months and this is without a doubt the most complex cigar I've ever smoked, so I thought I'd do a review and bang it up on here and get some opinions from youse lot...
Cut: Straight guillotine
Feel: Quite hard, but with a little give, as you would expect no soft spots.
Wrapper: a little dry, dark caramel, not a lot of oil, I guess because of the age.
Pre-draw: firm but not tight, again limited experience. What I mean is that I don't have to work hard to pull air through but there is a little resistance,
On the pre-draw: flavours of hay, cedar and a little honey.
1st third: Cedar, slightly floral, reminiscent of fresh soft herbs or a clean white wine. Burn is razor sharp, wanders ever so slightly but always self corrects. Not masses and masses of smoke, but more than enough.
2nd third: Much the same as the first third, but a little fuller, beginning to get some more earthy flavours and a little pepper. 'Clean' floral notes wander in and out. Still plenty smoke.
3rd third: Wow, I mean seriously wow. Flavours really open up, huge earthy tones. Big mineral, almost metallic flavours, kind of like when you eat a bloody steak and you get all the taste in the back corners of your mouth. Really, think a perfect medium-rare steak and you'll (hopefully) get what I mean.
My boss is tasting chocolate and some espresso coffee as well but I couldn't taste anything beyond the mineral and earth.
Time: About an hour to an hour and a quarter.
Conclusion: In all honesty I think this cigar was a little beyond me, I fully enjoyed it but as a beginner all I could really find were the big bold main flavours that took over in the third third. This is a cigar that long-time smokers are really going to go nuts over (my boss is still and it's over a week later!), but for us beginners I think something less full and a bit more medium is going to be more rewarding.
But all the same wow, I would smoke this again in a heartbeat.
interesting my boss got a big nicotine kick off this 'gar, but I was totally fine.
Maybe I was just taking my time
Now, I am not an experienced cigar smoker, I've only been smoking for about four months and this is without a doubt the most complex cigar I've ever smoked, so I thought I'd do a review and bang it up on here and get some opinions from youse lot...
Cut: Straight guillotine
Feel: Quite hard, but with a little give, as you would expect no soft spots.
Wrapper: a little dry, dark caramel, not a lot of oil, I guess because of the age.
Pre-draw: firm but not tight, again limited experience. What I mean is that I don't have to work hard to pull air through but there is a little resistance,
On the pre-draw: flavours of hay, cedar and a little honey.
1st third: Cedar, slightly floral, reminiscent of fresh soft herbs or a clean white wine. Burn is razor sharp, wanders ever so slightly but always self corrects. Not masses and masses of smoke, but more than enough.
2nd third: Much the same as the first third, but a little fuller, beginning to get some more earthy flavours and a little pepper. 'Clean' floral notes wander in and out. Still plenty smoke.
3rd third: Wow, I mean seriously wow. Flavours really open up, huge earthy tones. Big mineral, almost metallic flavours, kind of like when you eat a bloody steak and you get all the taste in the back corners of your mouth. Really, think a perfect medium-rare steak and you'll (hopefully) get what I mean.
My boss is tasting chocolate and some espresso coffee as well but I couldn't taste anything beyond the mineral and earth.
Time: About an hour to an hour and a quarter.
Conclusion: In all honesty I think this cigar was a little beyond me, I fully enjoyed it but as a beginner all I could really find were the big bold main flavours that took over in the third third. This is a cigar that long-time smokers are really going to go nuts over (my boss is still and it's over a week later!), but for us beginners I think something less full and a bit more medium is going to be more rewarding.
But all the same wow, I would smoke this again in a heartbeat.
interesting my boss got a big nicotine kick off this 'gar, but I was totally fine.
Maybe I was just taking my time
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