Kingantz
Growing too fast.
I was pulling out a fiver of Johnny-O! Corona Grande Pigtail Shag foot to send off and well, couldn’t help but pull one out for myself while I was at it. The wrapper is a very dark chocolate color, oily, and a strong barnyard smell emanating from the cigar. My wife comes in and goes, “Whew! What is that awful smell?” What does she know? :laugh: I head out back, punch the pigtail cap, and find a perfect draw with a taste of earth and a hint of dark cocoa.
I torch the shag foot and smoke begins to roll. Puffing on the cigar while the shag foot is burning is quite interesting. There’s a very different flavor in just the plain tobacco without the wrapper, light in body and a sweet dried raisin flavor. It didn’t take long for the shag foot to burn away and get to the meat of the cigar, and when it did the smoke changed dramatically to a medium full body with a good, but quite strong, black pepper spice. Flavors of earth and wood come through with hints of cocoa and nuts underneath.
The burn was sharp the whole way through with a medium to dark gray ash mottled with black throughout. It held strong, however I ashed it about every half-inch or so. This was a powerful cigar with the smoke close to be full bodied, a nice black pepper spice on the back of the throat. Flavors remained consistent to the very end. I will say that there wasn’t much in the finish though, almost as if something were missing there. I have a feeling these cigars will need a long rest soon. Hope you like them Don!
I torch the shag foot and smoke begins to roll. Puffing on the cigar while the shag foot is burning is quite interesting. There’s a very different flavor in just the plain tobacco without the wrapper, light in body and a sweet dried raisin flavor. It didn’t take long for the shag foot to burn away and get to the meat of the cigar, and when it did the smoke changed dramatically to a medium full body with a good, but quite strong, black pepper spice. Flavors of earth and wood come through with hints of cocoa and nuts underneath.
The burn was sharp the whole way through with a medium to dark gray ash mottled with black throughout. It held strong, however I ashed it about every half-inch or so. This was a powerful cigar with the smoke close to be full bodied, a nice black pepper spice on the back of the throat. Flavors remained consistent to the very end. I will say that there wasn’t much in the finish though, almost as if something were missing there. I have a feeling these cigars will need a long rest soon. Hope you like them Don!
