ilovecl
Banned
Registered: April 2007
Location: I LOVE CL
Posts: 4332
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Review Date: Sun September 2, 2007
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Would you recommend this to someone? Yes |
Price you paid? In US$: None indicated
| Rating: 5
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Pros:
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Construction, draw, burn!
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Cons:
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Flavor, it was missing
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Pre-Smoke
Scent of Wrapper: I picked up some nice maduro flavors and some slight spice.
Scent at Foot:There was a nice barnyard smell along with more maduro and even more spice here.
Appearance:This cigar has a beautiful maduro wrapper with very small veins. It was very smooth and almost had a slight sheen to it.
Feel:The cigar was very firm, it had a few very small soft spots on it but overall was a vice feeling cigar.
Tongue:The cut was very smooth and perfect. I picked up no tingle or loose tobacco when I pressed my tongue to it.
Flavor on Draw:I got that strong barnyard taste, which is nice. I also picked up some deep spices in this cigar.
Smoke
Taste:Well, I am not impressed by the flavors of this cigar after lighting it. It was very mellow/mild with little spice, and no flavors really stood out in it. I thought it may get better after an inch or two but never did. It did have very little maduro flavor, with subtle spices.
Strength: I would say this is a med/mild smoke. It never made me wonder if the spice would mellow or simmer down. I kept waiting for something to come out and show some strength and flavor.
Burn/Ash:I will give this cigar a very high rating on the ash and burn factors. It had a razor sharp burn and a very tight ash with no flakeyness. The ash was a dark grey.
Scent of Smoke:It smelled like a cigar/maduro.
Heat on Fingers and Mouth:I never got any heat from this cigar. It kept the heat down with the size and tight roll.
Draw:The draw was very nice, it produced tons of smoke everytime I drew on it. I even let it sit for about 5 minutes and it was still burning pretty well.
Finish:The finish was not bad, it was one of the positives. It had a long spicy finish for about the first third. After the first third it dropped dead.
Other Aspects of this Cigar:I did not finish the cigar. I smoked it till about 2 inches left. I was not impressed at all with this smoke. I will re-visit it or try the corojo and give it another chance. "One robin does not mean it is Spring" The wrappers were also a very nice aspect of this cigar, the main label is just amazing. It also had a foot label on it.
I will give this cigar a 5.5 on the ICRS system. It is acceptable and I give it an extra .5 for construction.
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