JohnRider
Iowa Statesman
Registered: April 2007
Location: Eastern IA
Posts: 2659
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Review Date: Sat February 2, 2008
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Would you recommend this to someone? Yes |
Price you paid? In US$: $9.00
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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Nice maduro flavor.
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Cons:
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A little harsh. Some burn issues.
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I am smoking my first Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Maduro Robusto (5.5" x 54). Nice pre-light draw. Beautiful very dark Costa Rican maduro wrapper which has an oily appearance.
After lighting this up, I could definitely taste the maduro flavor, and the finish is long and has a typical good sweet maduro flavor. It is producing an adequate amount of smoke. It is fairly full bodied and gives my nose a little tweak as I retrohale. At the start, it is not burning very well...if I set it down for just 30 seconds, it acts like it has almost gone out. I have to puff about six or eight times to bring it back to producing smoke. The ash is flaky.
I generally like the flavor (good maduro flavor), but I dare say that it is a little overbearing - particularly at the start. I guess I would say that it is a little harsh. An inch or two in, the flavor begins to mellow out a bit and some of the burn issues are improving.
In the end, I am a bit torn. On the one hand, I like the maduro flavor, but on the other, I am not enthusiastically enjoying it either. It is just a little bit too harsh. Maybe after some time, some of that would resolve itself.
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