I know I said I would take a smoking break, but hopefully after tonight. I wanted so badly to try this smoke b/c it was short. Won in SeanGAR's contest last week. What a nice little smoke!
I'm into the Nicaraguan tobacco profile so I enjoyed it very much. I was even more impressed that I guessed it was Nicaraguan while I smoked it. Appearance wise this cigar was so-so. Dry, toothy cigar with hardly any veins. Lighting it up, it wasn't impressive at first but then the nutty, spicy taste really kicked in. It was consistently this flavor with more spice added along the way. Reminded me of a CAO Piranha, which I love, but less exotic in flavor. The burn was nicely even and slow. At times I thought it would start to drift but it caught up well. This cigar was fairly strong as well... gave me a pleasant buzz without the sickness. The ash was white and a bit flaky, but it held well because the construction was pretty tight. The draw was a bit tight and I had to take two pre-draws, as opposed to one, before my final draw and letting the smoke out.
I don't know how much these go for or if this is the one discontinued cigar that SeanGAR talked about, but these are a great cigar to have assuming the price is right. Very impressed.
I'm into the Nicaraguan tobacco profile so I enjoyed it very much. I was even more impressed that I guessed it was Nicaraguan while I smoked it. Appearance wise this cigar was so-so. Dry, toothy cigar with hardly any veins. Lighting it up, it wasn't impressive at first but then the nutty, spicy taste really kicked in. It was consistently this flavor with more spice added along the way. Reminded me of a CAO Piranha, which I love, but less exotic in flavor. The burn was nicely even and slow. At times I thought it would start to drift but it caught up well. This cigar was fairly strong as well... gave me a pleasant buzz without the sickness. The ash was white and a bit flaky, but it held well because the construction was pretty tight. The draw was a bit tight and I had to take two pre-draws, as opposed to one, before my final draw and letting the smoke out.
I don't know how much these go for or if this is the one discontinued cigar that SeanGAR talked about, but these are a great cigar to have assuming the price is right. Very impressed.