Jose_A_Rodriguez Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 ? REFER TO POST NUMBER 5 ------------------------- Smoked this prior to committing to buy a full 25 count box. Being a 2001 vintage, I was a bit worried about quality issues, but I was pleasantly surprise that construction was solid. Excellent draw and it burned very evenly throughout the two hours. This mid-body cigar has aged well. Nice hay and green pepper notes in the first half of cigar complementing its creaminess profile. Around the second half of cigar, I started to pick up a pleasant eucalyptus note that remained on the cigar until the end. I can see how some people may not enjoy this cigar as much as I did since it's not a powerhouse, but I did truly enjoyed this cigar as a early afternoon smoke. A solid 90 points. Needless to say, I opted to buy a full box after really enjoying this elegant smoke. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charltonc Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 I love this cigar, but I feel like these will be discontinued soon.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Agreed. These haven't been seen around for a little while now. Thanks for the review! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonk Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Very nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_A_Rodriguez Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 In the interest of Science...? Finally the box that I purchased last week arrived, and I had to taste one cigar to compare with the well-constructed sample that I tasted last week (see above). For curiosity's sake, I picked the best of the worst (i.e. a small soft-spot near the top of 1st third). I was hoping to also smoked one that is well constructed, but rain ruined this experiment since I didn't even get to light the better cigar. LOL, I should have started with the good example. Observations: - ???Only 36% failure rate: Based on preliminary inspection of this box, around 5 other cigars in box are underfilled and 3 cigars had one or two hard spots. I already discarded those other eight cigars; no need to smoke another bad stick from this box. - not sure if calculated risk payed-off based on salvaged sticks - better looking wrappers than the one I sampled last week (see above tasting note) - mid-body to mild - more nutty - less creamy - mint notes were also present Rating: 50 points due to the known construction issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.e2a46b57b5880109ddf171d1b6f9daea.png)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now