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Axis Mundi Corona
Smell- Heavy barnyard
Cut - Straight cut
Dry draw - raisins
Construction - didn’t seem very dense very spongey feel for the first 2/3rds of stick, wrapper has small crack close to the band, didn’t get worse while smoking so wasn’t really an issue...
Burn - The wrapper was a little loose, which may have led to a couple of burn issues, but for the most part it self corrected, had to make one correction...
Flavors - were good... Light wood, nuts, caramel, cocoa, coffee with black pepper on the retro...
Profile - Medium / Full
Smoke time - 1 hour 15 minutes
I would say for the price this is a steal and would be a great smoke when you just need a solid smoke for a not so special occasion and not a lot of time...
To be continued...
Axis Mundi Robusto
Smell- Heavy barnyard
Cut - Straight cut
Dry draw - raisins
Construction - wrapper in great shape, cigar is much firmer than its counterpart. Initially the draw is much tighter than the Corona, but not to the point of needing to address it, the Corona was almost to loose...
Burn - Almost perfect no issues at all...
Flavors - also good... nuts, syrup, orange peel, light coffee, maybe a hint of chocolate, light white pepper on the retro... started to get a metallic taste in the final 3rd, so I could not finish it
Profile - Mild / Medium surprising since the Corona was pushing Full
Smoke time - 1 hour 30minutes when stopped, had I kept going would have added another 15 minutes
Again for the price you would be hard pressed to find something better, maybe as good but not better. Another solid smoke that I would smoke again...
Conclusion: I think both vitolas are really nice smokes and I like things about both of them. Surprising how different in flavors they are. Not sure I can put one over the other but for this sampling I would say the Corona had a more full profile although there were burn issues and the Robusto had a better draw and was hands down a better burning cigar, but lacked that full profile, I was expecting. With all this I don’t think you can go wrong with either at this price point... If it weren’t for the metallic taste I would have called this a draw, but the way the Robusto finished I have to give this round to the Corona...
Smell- Heavy barnyard
Cut - Straight cut
Dry draw - raisins
Construction - didn’t seem very dense very spongey feel for the first 2/3rds of stick, wrapper has small crack close to the band, didn’t get worse while smoking so wasn’t really an issue...
Burn - The wrapper was a little loose, which may have led to a couple of burn issues, but for the most part it self corrected, had to make one correction...
Flavors - were good... Light wood, nuts, caramel, cocoa, coffee with black pepper on the retro...
Profile - Medium / Full
Smoke time - 1 hour 15 minutes
I would say for the price this is a steal and would be a great smoke when you just need a solid smoke for a not so special occasion and not a lot of time...
To be continued...
Axis Mundi Robusto
Smell- Heavy barnyard
Cut - Straight cut
Dry draw - raisins
Construction - wrapper in great shape, cigar is much firmer than its counterpart. Initially the draw is much tighter than the Corona, but not to the point of needing to address it, the Corona was almost to loose...
Burn - Almost perfect no issues at all...
Flavors - also good... nuts, syrup, orange peel, light coffee, maybe a hint of chocolate, light white pepper on the retro... started to get a metallic taste in the final 3rd, so I could not finish it
Profile - Mild / Medium surprising since the Corona was pushing Full
Smoke time - 1 hour 30minutes when stopped, had I kept going would have added another 15 minutes
Again for the price you would be hard pressed to find something better, maybe as good but not better. Another solid smoke that I would smoke again...
Conclusion: I think both vitolas are really nice smokes and I like things about both of them. Surprising how different in flavors they are. Not sure I can put one over the other but for this sampling I would say the Corona had a more full profile although there were burn issues and the Robusto had a better draw and was hands down a better burning cigar, but lacked that full profile, I was expecting. With all this I don’t think you can go wrong with either at this price point... If it weren’t for the metallic taste I would have called this a draw, but the way the Robusto finished I have to give this round to the Corona...
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