Eshaw99
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Ok, by popular demand of some in the "After the Holidays" pass, here's my review of the Montecristo Fancytales...with new photographic goodness!
This was an interesting looking little cigar. Almost looked like a Hemi Sig, but thinner. The wrapper was dark and veiny.
This picture may not show it well, the the cello was a little yellow. Hopes were high.
This started off well. Immediately I got the impression of cocoa and raisins. As I got halfway down, a nutty background began to develop and become more prominent. Also, for the first time, I detected notes of orange peel in a cigar. I've read on many cA reviews where they taste orange peel, but in all the cigars I've ever smoked I've never detected it. But it was definitely present in the Fancytales.
However, while smoking this cigar I had a sense that I was waiting for something that never came. While the flavors were very nice, the finish was short to almost nonexistant. The flavors, while prevalent on the palate while the smoke was inhaled, left little to no lingering effect. I was a little disappionted by this. Also, I began to develop some wrapper issues along the way.
On the cA scale, I'd give it an 87. Nice flavor, but a little flat. Hard for me to say that being the self-proclaimed Monte whore that I am.
Eric
This was an interesting looking little cigar. Almost looked like a Hemi Sig, but thinner. The wrapper was dark and veiny.
This picture may not show it well, the the cello was a little yellow. Hopes were high.
This started off well. Immediately I got the impression of cocoa and raisins. As I got halfway down, a nutty background began to develop and become more prominent. Also, for the first time, I detected notes of orange peel in a cigar. I've read on many cA reviews where they taste orange peel, but in all the cigars I've ever smoked I've never detected it. But it was definitely present in the Fancytales.
However, while smoking this cigar I had a sense that I was waiting for something that never came. While the flavors were very nice, the finish was short to almost nonexistant. The flavors, while prevalent on the palate while the smoke was inhaled, left little to no lingering effect. I was a little disappionted by this. Also, I began to develop some wrapper issues along the way.
On the cA scale, I'd give it an 87. Nice flavor, but a little flat. Hard for me to say that being the self-proclaimed Monte whore that I am.
Eric
