b.dawgson
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I was pretty sure I had this cigar pegged as soon as I opened thepackage from Jesus (thank you sir!!) But upon comparing the blind cigarto what I thought it was (in my humi) I noticed quite a bit ofdifference. The blind cigar was longer by about 2mm and the wrapper ofthe blind cigar was much darker in color(don't know if you can tell inthe picture). Being the newb I am, I wasn't sure if this variationwould be possible with what I suspected the blind cigar to be.
Anyway, Here's what the comparison looked like.
As you can see, the blind cigar was very toothy and had a wonderfulshape to it. There were a few prominent veins throughout but nothingtoo large. The wrapper was beautiful in color with slight variety inshades. Aroma from the foot was that of natural tobacco and I thoughtthis cigar may be a bit strong. After a long day of working on acomputer (tear-down and rebuild) I jumped straight to this cigar readyfor a review! I went and got Russel off his chain and went to the swingwith a nice breeze blowing and a warm 80 degrees in the air.
Clipping the cap brought a pre-light draw that was perfect and pepperyon the lips. I torched up the foot and the cigar came to life with ablast of peppery spice, especially through the sinuses, but that onlylasted a few puffs. After that, the first third leant the spice to aslight hint of sweetness in the finish. The medium/full body was justwhat I needed after messing with technology alll day. Right from thestart I was enjoying this stick untill some tar began bubbling from theopen cap. I clipped a little more from the cap and it helped quite abit but didn't remedy the problem. The tar wasn't too bad as I justkept my lips and tongue off of it for the most part.
Around the second third the spice smoothed out extremely well and Icaught quite a bit of woodsy or earthy tones that I really wasenjoying! About the half way mark the body had definitely crept up tofull but it wasn't overpowering at all. Throughout this cigar the ashheld for about 1/2" each time and was a nice deep gray color with lotsof toothy bumps in it. Toward the end of the second third I was gettinga nice bit of a nic kick in the head and back of the throat. Guess Ishould have ate before this cigar.
The last third stayed pretty full in impact and still had that very dimsweetness to it. There was a much more leathery essence to it towardthe end but then it started getting a bit hot. I slowed down quite abit and got a deep creamyness with a much smaller draw. I had to letthis cigar go about 1" cause it was time for some caffiene and dinnerand my head was a bit light.
So after scouring the internet looking for another cigar with close tothe same shape as this one, I finally gave up and decided to call thisa FFOX Petite Lancero all though I'm not sure that there could be thatmuch difference between two cigars of the same genus. Plus I don'tthink I could handle an OpusX on an empty stomach.
This being my first OpusX, I can't believe it didn't kick me harder! Especially with me not having eaten all day. I'd have to say thiseither has some good age on it or I'm not near as much of a lightweightas I thought. Thank you to Jesus for sending me this because I've beenstaring at my other 2 Opus' wondering when I was going to smoke them. I've been waiting for the "right time". I know I know, silly newbs.
Anyway, Here's what the comparison looked like.
As you can see, the blind cigar was very toothy and had a wonderfulshape to it. There were a few prominent veins throughout but nothingtoo large. The wrapper was beautiful in color with slight variety inshades. Aroma from the foot was that of natural tobacco and I thoughtthis cigar may be a bit strong. After a long day of working on acomputer (tear-down and rebuild) I jumped straight to this cigar readyfor a review! I went and got Russel off his chain and went to the swingwith a nice breeze blowing and a warm 80 degrees in the air.
Clipping the cap brought a pre-light draw that was perfect and pepperyon the lips. I torched up the foot and the cigar came to life with ablast of peppery spice, especially through the sinuses, but that onlylasted a few puffs. After that, the first third leant the spice to aslight hint of sweetness in the finish. The medium/full body was justwhat I needed after messing with technology alll day. Right from thestart I was enjoying this stick untill some tar began bubbling from theopen cap. I clipped a little more from the cap and it helped quite abit but didn't remedy the problem. The tar wasn't too bad as I justkept my lips and tongue off of it for the most part.
Around the second third the spice smoothed out extremely well and Icaught quite a bit of woodsy or earthy tones that I really wasenjoying! About the half way mark the body had definitely crept up tofull but it wasn't overpowering at all. Throughout this cigar the ashheld for about 1/2" each time and was a nice deep gray color with lotsof toothy bumps in it. Toward the end of the second third I was gettinga nice bit of a nic kick in the head and back of the throat. Guess Ishould have ate before this cigar.
The last third stayed pretty full in impact and still had that very dimsweetness to it. There was a much more leathery essence to it towardthe end but then it started getting a bit hot. I slowed down quite abit and got a deep creamyness with a much smaller draw. I had to letthis cigar go about 1" cause it was time for some caffiene and dinnerand my head was a bit light.
So after scouring the internet looking for another cigar with close tothe same shape as this one, I finally gave up and decided to call thisa FFOX Petite Lancero all though I'm not sure that there could be thatmuch difference between two cigars of the same genus. Plus I don'tthink I could handle an OpusX on an empty stomach.
This being my first OpusX, I can't believe it didn't kick me harder! Especially with me not having eaten all day. I'd have to say thiseither has some good age on it or I'm not near as much of a lightweightas I thought. Thank you to Jesus for sending me this because I've beenstaring at my other 2 Opus' wondering when I was going to smoke them. I've been waiting for the "right time". I know I know, silly newbs.
