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Since this is a review of a minuto, I shall take but a minuto. First, second and third: Construction and burn excellent. Cedar, leather, toasted nut. Well-behaved. Delicioso. B+ And here's the 30-minuto journey:

After waiting on orders to rest and watching the weekend reviews without being able to participate, this weekend finally presented an opportunity to jump in with a Monte 5. I smoked one 30 days ago ROTT and while it was good, I felt I needed to wait at least 30 days to begin to accurately assess the quality of the box. Rough edges, a wonky burn, and less than favorable conditions led to that first one being a bit of a waste. I'm glad to say that this experience was much better. I've never transcribed a review in quite this manner - more than just a few words on a Google sheet for my personal reference - so forgive my inexperience. Being a short cigar, I don't know if thirds are the most effective method of delineation so I'll take a different approach. Draw - perfect. Smoked it slow at about an hour from start to finish. Construction - small example, but maybe the best I've had for a CC. Flavors - from 24:24... "Up there with Siglo I when they are like this. Powerful cocoa/coffee hit." This was incredibly accurate as these 2 flavors were the most dominant. Some others, but these 2 were prevalent and delivered with a mid full body. I'll just make this taste centric.... Coffee - I got a dark roast espresso flavor. As an almost exclusive espresso drinker, I prefer a medium roast. Cocoa - in spades, with a dark chocolate mousse cake being the closest thing I could compare it to. The rest - Cream, some sort of buttery, baked good type flavor I couldn't hone in on - almost Nutella cheese croissant - if that makes sense. Barnyard on the nose. Nutty. Overall, a few more months may help as it had some rough edges so I'll check back in around August at the 18 month mark but wouldn't hesitate to grab another sooner if the situation warrants. Score: 88/100

Construction: Top notch! The wrapper was covered in oil and also darker than the pictures show. Pre-Light: Dark tobacco, barnyard, and sweetness. The draw is spot on. First Half: Mostly toasted tobacco and chocolate and of course the "cuban twang" which i don't understand because a twang is a noise, but that's another conversation. Second Half: The toasted tobacco has eased off and the chocolate has remained. A tart dark fruit note has emerged to the foreground and it is wonderful! It's almost like a gastrique made from ripe dark fruit. The cigar did turn bitter a little quicker that i would have liked but i'm sure time will correct this issue. Score:91

It’s hard to describe a petit corona in thirds but this is my first review and that was how I tried to focus on the flavors. I’m very new to this so tell me to bugger off if this is way off base. It could easily be described as two halves if one wanted to. 1st 3rd - Woody and nuts with an underlying sweetness. The subtle sweetness is fruity but I can’t pin it on any specific fruit...cherry if I had to guess. Burn is a little wonky but that’s likely due to the youth and having not rested as long as it should have. I had a hint of mushroom/fungi at the end of the 1st 3rd but it was gone as quickly as it appeared. The burnt gray ash hung in there for the entirety of the first 3rd. 2nd 3rd - heavier pepper and woody tobacco. Burn issues remain but after the second touch up it burned evenly. There are elements of cocoa and coffee but they are secondary to the wood and pepper. It is a light spice with a pleasant pepper tingle on the back of my tongue. The fruity sweetness sporadically shows itself only to vanish again. Final 3rd - Woody (cedar) and light pepper is the overarching theme of this stick now. The espresso taste weaves in and out. It was more full bodied at the very end but also got hot. There was floral scent in the smoke but I never tasted it. It had a steady flavor profile from start to finish with various flavors having their moment to shine. Unfortunately I smoked this one a little too young as a slight taste of ammonia crept up at the end. I smoked it a little slower after that and never tasted the ammonia again. Extinguished it just ahead of the impending thunder storm. I’m going to let the others rest for some time before tasting again. Pleasantly surprised by the initial flavors of this petit corona and overall pleasant cigar from start to finish. Peg it at a medium body (but I may not know what I’m talking about). Burn time 40 minutes. I look forward to revisiting this one again in the future. 6/10. This cigar should improve with time