JohnRider
Senior Member
Registered: April 2007
Location: Eastern IA
Posts: 2661
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Review Date: Mon September 10, 2007
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Would you recommend this to someone? Yes |
Price you paid? In US$: $3.50
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Hearty, great corojo flavor
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Cons:
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None
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PRE-SMOKE
Scent of Wrapper: Very slight brown sugar or mollasses aroma.
Scent at Foot: Same.
Appearance: Churchill shape. 7 x 48. Triple cap.
Wrapper: Fairly bumpy, very small veins, and a fairly nice sheen. Consistent coloring - medium brown color throughout.
Feel: Consistent from head to foot - fairly tightly wrapped, but with a little bit of give to it.
Tongue: Some tingle. No particular flavor, but noted a slight sweetness.
Pre-light Flavor on Draw: Very slight licorice flavor - perhaps a bit of wood, like cedar. But overall, not much pre-light flavor there.
SMOKE
Lit up fine. Perfect draw. First few puffs I noticed some definite corojo-like spicyness and some underlying wood tones. The first few draws were pleasant.
Well, right off I'll say it is not like any 5 Vegas I've ever had - it is very hearty. The cigar starts off with some pretty strong corojo spice. The flavors in general remind me of the Vibe or 601 Series Habano (RED) at the start - about that intense! But then settles down quickly to a more mellow smoke than the Vibe or 601 - similar, but definitely a notch lower on the flavor strength scale. Spice starts to settle down at about 3/4 inch smoked and evolves nicely into some very pleasant, rich earth and coffee type flavors (cubanesque). I pick up some wood and some definite sweet tones as well. This is better than I expected.
Draw is perfect. This cigar seems to be ready to smoke now. I am right at about 2 inches smoked now.
The burn has been even and consistent. The "mascara line" is well defined, but thin.
Volume of smoke is very satisfactory - leaning towards abundant. It is rich and smooth - nice hints of sweetness and does not exhibit any harshness - comes across as a very well behaved - almost refined. Creates a pleasant aromatic scent in the room.
Strength: The flavor is medium-full to full.
The feeling (or nicotine strength) is medium. I noticed mild nicotine effects. Not enough to bother a moderately experienced smoker at all.
Scent of the Smoke: Very pleasant and aromatic, not heavy. Smells like cedar and spice. I think most people would say it smells really good.
Heat on fingers and mouth: Nothing observed.
Draw: Draw was perfect.
Finish: Fairly long and lingering finish. Pleasant and rich finish.
Other: Consistent burn line - no runs or touchups. Ash is not flakey, but does not hold together too long - maybe an inch or so.
Overall, I would rate this cigar 8 which is EXCELLENT. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this smoke - frankly I expected it to be a poor imitation of a Don Pepin Garcia cigar. Instead, I was very pleased. I was also surprised by the sweet tones I kept getting throughout. I don't think I've noticed any sweetness in a corojo cigar before. They were definitely there in this stick. Very nice!
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