Girardian said:I would not describe tanic flavors as a positive attribute in a cigar. I too see these as a mark of either a young cigar (though tanic flavors are certainly not present in every young cigar), or a cigar that is at a transitional point in maturation (different from the release of amonia). I'd be curious to hear additional observations about this. I had an ABR '02 RyJ EL Robusto with some tanic flavors (not overpowering, but there) to it last weekend -- not ideal!
Yeah reminds me of a wine with a high tannin amount. Bitter and nastyn-tron said:I usually consider the tannic flavors to be those bitter, slightly acrid flavors in under-aged cigars (and not those ammonia-related flavors, either). Sort-of like the flavors in some roasted brown teas. Certainly not a nice spicy sensation in my book. There are people who like heavy tannic flavors, I'm just not one of them.
I have been intrigued by this thread and the fact that I couldn't define and answer as easily as I would have assumed I could so I started doing some research in a Wine tasging guide my GF has.Bruce5 said:Bitter is a good word. Sometimes I could so far as say metallic.