#1
Hmmm, this is a good looking maduro wrapped robusto cigar.
Construction 4 smooth, firmly packed
Appearance 3.5
Cut with my gillotine cutter, nice and clean, pre-light draw is nice and easy with just a little resistance. Light went without any problems. Hmm intial thought is a mild to medium strength smoke. Good
flavor....familiar. At first it seemed similar to the La veja Leather
patch, but changed and got away from that thinking. The ash is a darker, rugged looking ash, not real firm, but not flaky. Burn went
fine, no problems or correction needed. As I am smoking it i am now thinking....Torano 1959 gold type flavor, but the overall cigar didn't seem pretty enough in appearance. Hmmm, maybe something from Villazon?
This was a good enjoyable cigar that I would smoke again. If I had to guess (and I suppose I do) Maybe a Punch? Over all rating.....3.5
#2
Boxed pressed Torpedo style cigar, maduro wrapper, 50 X 5 1/2?
Construction 4
Appearance 3.5
Cut same as #1, clean. Has a nice but firm draw. The lighting went without any problems. This cigar seems to be stronger than previous. I'd say a medium to full strength. Nice woodsy flavor to start out. Burn was perfect through out the smoke. The ash was a light grey, but nice and firm...smooth ash. I throughly enjoyed this cigar. My thought was that it is a Indian Tabac Super Fuerte?
Over all rating 4
#3
Belicoso sized maduro 50 X 5 1/2?
Construction 4
Appearance 3.5 nice veiny looking wrapper
Cut fine, light no problems, burn throughout smoke perfect. The pre-light draw was tight, but proved to be not a problem as this cigar provided plenty of smoke. Flavor is good, stronger cigar....about medium I would say. The ash on this one was a medium grey, nice and smooth....firm. Again this cigar has a familiar flavor?
Hmm, this one has me thinking a Perdomo? Maybe a Perdomo 2? Overall rating 3.5 A good enjoyable smoke again
#4
Robusto size, natural wrapper
Construction 2.5 loosely rolled, little spongy
Appearance 3 smooth and pretty looking
Cut little ragged, might be because of a older single edge cutter
Thought a nice relaxing time to try out #4 would be after work today. So I get home and inspect this cigar, and light it up with eager anticipation. The first 3 have been very good smoking cigars, and the
looks of this one leads me to think the same. After the cut I took a pre-light draw.....holy....there is absolutely no resistance! It's like sucking through a straw, I could blow out a candle through this
thing. So I fire it up and change my mind quickly ......I think it is MADE of straw! Very mild, bland taste, but the easy draw allows for plenty of smoke, so it seemed a little stronger at times. The ash
seems to be lighter grey, not firm at all....flaky. There seems to be al ot of taste now coming from this cigar, too bad most of it is bad! Ok, I am about 1/2 through now and I can't believe I was stupid enough
to volunteer for something like this!! I must have been out of my freakin' mind! Just about done now and I am thinking that maybe this one of those "cigars by the pound" cigars you can get on another site that
will remain nameless. Or maybe a CAO (LOL..kidding Jon....I like CAO cigars)
Overall rating 2. All kidding aside (I did have a little fun writing this one) it wasn't completely terrible. (ok maybe it was) It did smoke well, though in my opinion just didn't taste that good. (I'm sure I will find out this is some kind of great cigar! LOL) Although I won't be running out and buying a bundle regardless of what it turns out to be!
#5
Dark wrapper Robusto.. not quite a dark maduro, but I am thinking a
maduro wrapper anyway.
Construction is good 4
Appearance not bad at all 4
So I am figuring that this last cigar has to be better than the fiasco I had with #4. So I chose to smoke it this morning with my coffee. Not a bad choice, or bad cigar. Cut went fine (switched back to my gillotine cutter) Pre-light draw...darned near perfect. Easy with some resistance. Light went fine, and it burned just fine through out the smoke. Upon first lighting and smoking, it is a mild-medium smoke very smooth and mellow. That picked up a little as if smoked down. Flavor was good, not complex, but intriguing. Ash produced was a grey ash, flaky not very firm. Over all I thought this was a decent cigar and would smoke again if I had a chance. My guess as to what it is? A
Puros Indios. Over all rating 3.5
Jeff I enjoyed doing this, and recommend to anyone to have someone hand you a cigar to smoke without the band....it really opens your senses to paying attention to what your doing, tasting and smoking!
Dave
