Arturo Fuente WOAM (4 7/8 x 60)
Dominican Republic
Monday evening 12/18/06 Hotel Allegro, Chicago
This is my first review here on CP and my first WOAM. I found that my experience of the flavors was slightly different than the previous reviews, so I figured I would try to describe what I experienced.
Prelight:
I am in Chicago on business at the Hotel Allegro. I have a WOAM from duglynukem’s contest. I used his travel humidor to bring it and was able to bring my cutter with me. I am too tired after waking up 4:30am EST and still full from my giant gyro from lunch so I pass on eating and drinking alone. Like a true douche bag, I decide I will smoke this cigar while taking a bath after my workout. Neither baths nor indoor smoking are available at my home.
God this is a beautiful smoke: oily, dark maduro perfecto. Just examining the thinner head to the wider foot just adds to this cigar’s beauty and makes one understand the name: Work of Art. There is no distinguishing smell or prelight taste to it.
Smoke:
I cut the cigar easily. Using the hotel’s matches I easily light the WOAM. The initial tight draw has me worried because I think I got the cigar wet. But, it quickly opens up to a perfect draw that lasts the entire time.
The first 10 minutes of the smoke, I taste black pepper and some spiciness. It surprises me a bit but this does change as the black pepper disappears for good. The burn, like many perfectos, starts out slightly uneven, but does not affect the smoke.
As I continue to smoke the cigar, I get billows of smoke. The burn evens out by the middle and remains perfect until the end. I exhale perfect “O-rings,” a little through my nose after each puff. I let the smoke sit on my tongue a little longer than normal. The cigar stays true to the tobacco leaf. I would call this an earthy smoke with rich dark chocolate and spiciness flavors. My mind wanders to the Dominican Republic Fuente factory, the workers who made this cigar, and the quality control that makes this cigar what it is. I doubt anyone thinks of my work the same way.
The grey ash falls with around 1-1.5 inches left. The ending is smooth. The spice and dark chocolate flavors are replaced with creaminess. I did not keep time but the cigar lasted from before the game into a bit into the second quarter, so I would estimate 75 minutes.
Comments:
3 things would have made this a better experience…a bigger tub; the Indy-Cincy game in the bathroom; a beautiful, mute girl with me. I was completely relaxed during and after the smoke. The flavors pleasantly lingered well after my smoke.
This cigar was excellent: a rich, complex, smoke without overpowering you. Personally, I prefer the Hemingway Signature Maduro over this. It is a little less rich and a little less complex in my opinion, but the smoke itself was more enjoyable for my taste buds. I would love to have this after a steak dinner with some cabernet or pinot noir (but what great cigar wouldn’t fit that bill – RyJ ISOM, Opus, La Flor?). I have discovered and become a fan of the Hemingway maduros thanks to the fine BOTLs here at CP! :thumbs:
Dominican Republic
Monday evening 12/18/06 Hotel Allegro, Chicago
This is my first review here on CP and my first WOAM. I found that my experience of the flavors was slightly different than the previous reviews, so I figured I would try to describe what I experienced.
Prelight:
I am in Chicago on business at the Hotel Allegro. I have a WOAM from duglynukem’s contest. I used his travel humidor to bring it and was able to bring my cutter with me. I am too tired after waking up 4:30am EST and still full from my giant gyro from lunch so I pass on eating and drinking alone. Like a true douche bag, I decide I will smoke this cigar while taking a bath after my workout. Neither baths nor indoor smoking are available at my home.
God this is a beautiful smoke: oily, dark maduro perfecto. Just examining the thinner head to the wider foot just adds to this cigar’s beauty and makes one understand the name: Work of Art. There is no distinguishing smell or prelight taste to it.
Smoke:
I cut the cigar easily. Using the hotel’s matches I easily light the WOAM. The initial tight draw has me worried because I think I got the cigar wet. But, it quickly opens up to a perfect draw that lasts the entire time.
The first 10 minutes of the smoke, I taste black pepper and some spiciness. It surprises me a bit but this does change as the black pepper disappears for good. The burn, like many perfectos, starts out slightly uneven, but does not affect the smoke.
As I continue to smoke the cigar, I get billows of smoke. The burn evens out by the middle and remains perfect until the end. I exhale perfect “O-rings,” a little through my nose after each puff. I let the smoke sit on my tongue a little longer than normal. The cigar stays true to the tobacco leaf. I would call this an earthy smoke with rich dark chocolate and spiciness flavors. My mind wanders to the Dominican Republic Fuente factory, the workers who made this cigar, and the quality control that makes this cigar what it is. I doubt anyone thinks of my work the same way.
The grey ash falls with around 1-1.5 inches left. The ending is smooth. The spice and dark chocolate flavors are replaced with creaminess. I did not keep time but the cigar lasted from before the game into a bit into the second quarter, so I would estimate 75 minutes.
Comments:
3 things would have made this a better experience…a bigger tub; the Indy-Cincy game in the bathroom; a beautiful, mute girl with me. I was completely relaxed during and after the smoke. The flavors pleasantly lingered well after my smoke.
This cigar was excellent: a rich, complex, smoke without overpowering you. Personally, I prefer the Hemingway Signature Maduro over this. It is a little less rich and a little less complex in my opinion, but the smoke itself was more enjoyable for my taste buds. I would love to have this after a steak dinner with some cabernet or pinot noir (but what great cigar wouldn’t fit that bill – RyJ ISOM, Opus, La Flor?). I have discovered and become a fan of the Hemingway maduros thanks to the fine BOTLs here at CP! :thumbs:
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