Don Fernando
Lowland Gorilla
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]When I visited my local cigar shop to get a lottery ticket I noticed that he had some new longfillers in his small assortment. He mostly sells shortfillers, cigarettes and lottery tickets and has only a few longfillers so I was surprised to see a sampler of Gil Gonzales Davila longfillers, a Honduran cigar. It was a sampler containing 5 cigars, an Emperator (Churchill), a Conquestador (Torpedo), a Soldado extra (extra corona), a Soldado (corona) and a Capitan (Robusto), all with a natural wrapper. All except the emperator are available as maduro too.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Tonight I tried the torpedo, the top was a bit crooked, but hey, that’s what you cut off so I can’t have any problems with that.
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The wrapper is pretty, a bit oily. The feel is good, and the predraw is easy. The construction of this cigar is good. It smells a bit like manure, but it’s just a light scent. The cigar is easy to light and the burn is close to perfect. The ash is light gray and pretty firm, and the cigar gives a medium to light smoke.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I can hear you think, why isn’t he writing about the flavors? Well, that is easy, this cigar has a tremendous lack of flavor. It is way too light for a medium or experienced smoker. It might be a nice cigar for a starter, but I have smoked and learned a lot in the last 18 months and I am definitely too experienced to enjoy a starter cigar.
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Would I buy this cigar again? No.[/FONT]
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Construction: 16 / 20
Draw: 14 / 20
Appearance: 14 / 20
Smoke && ash: 6 / 10
Burn: 18 / 20
Aroma (foot) 6 / 10
Aroma (body) 5 / 10
Aroma (head) 5 / 10
Price / value: 5/10[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Tonight I tried the torpedo, the top was a bit crooked, but hey, that’s what you cut off so I can’t have any problems with that.
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The wrapper is pretty, a bit oily. The feel is good, and the predraw is easy. The construction of this cigar is good. It smells a bit like manure, but it’s just a light scent. The cigar is easy to light and the burn is close to perfect. The ash is light gray and pretty firm, and the cigar gives a medium to light smoke.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I can hear you think, why isn’t he writing about the flavors? Well, that is easy, this cigar has a tremendous lack of flavor. It is way too light for a medium or experienced smoker. It might be a nice cigar for a starter, but I have smoked and learned a lot in the last 18 months and I am definitely too experienced to enjoy a starter cigar.
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Would I buy this cigar again? No.[/FONT]
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Construction: 16 / 20
Draw: 14 / 20
Appearance: 14 / 20
Smoke && ash: 6 / 10
Burn: 18 / 20
Aroma (foot) 6 / 10
Aroma (body) 5 / 10
Aroma (head) 5 / 10
Price / value: 5/10[/FONT]