very well constructed (as usual examined under magnifying glass 
)
Quite an oakish smell apparent.
The cut (which I like not very dep was very clean and showed a beautiful three starred radiate surface, usually an effect of some very skillfull hand rolling.
lit up was easy has, and had only a slightly irregular initial burn, probably due to yours truly anxiety at lighting up. Judicious positioning of the cigar to rest bewteen tokes on the ashtray, regulated the burn very quickly. (for those that don't know, rest the cigar so that the side that needs catching up is on the top.. heat/flames/cinders raise thus fixing the problem of unven lit cigars).
Aftre a cm or so this cigars was in full swing. Note that this the unvarnished, rather than the varnished 8-9-8, the unvarnished seems a lot milder than the varnished box one. This one was well past it first maturation, if not second, having about 9 years of age.
The balance of flavours, oak, chocolate, toasted coffee (the latter two combined reminiscent of a Moccha ), a hint of cinnamon and vanilla really display what balance is all about when it comes to cigars flavours.
From a bit earlier than the end of the first third, this cigar had settled in the experience it offered and stayed very consistent till much later. The smoke is light (as a personal choice I like a heavy smoke), but the balance and consistency makes it easy to overlook this.
This would be a nice cigar during the day when you have a bit more time than just enough for an aperitive type cigar.
Another of my ranking criteria is the sigh ranking. [The fact that I sigh smoking it because the experience is so enjoyable and I know it will come to an end, both for this cigar and for my ability to enjoy cigars]. This cigar did get a couple of sighs from me and therefore definitely me belongs to those elite "sighs" cigars.
Ok, the last bit of information whilst smoking this cigar, is that within the last 3 cm it only very slowly increased in strength and salinity. With only a weaning of the vanilla flavour really noticeable and a corresponding and therefore start of domination by the roasted cofee bean flavour.This makes it a very good cigar all around for me.
Laid to rest after 90+ minutes of real pleasure still had 1.5-2cm left to go. RIP.
Appearance & Construction (15) /13
Flavour (25) /21
Smoking Characteristics (25) /21
Overall Impression (35) /30
Total (100) /85
Complemented with a Penfold Bin 407 Blend 1999
)Quite an oakish smell apparent.
The cut (which I like not very dep was very clean and showed a beautiful three starred radiate surface, usually an effect of some very skillfull hand rolling.
lit up was easy has, and had only a slightly irregular initial burn, probably due to yours truly anxiety at lighting up. Judicious positioning of the cigar to rest bewteen tokes on the ashtray, regulated the burn very quickly. (for those that don't know, rest the cigar so that the side that needs catching up is on the top.. heat/flames/cinders raise thus fixing the problem of unven lit cigars).
Aftre a cm or so this cigars was in full swing. Note that this the unvarnished, rather than the varnished 8-9-8, the unvarnished seems a lot milder than the varnished box one. This one was well past it first maturation, if not second, having about 9 years of age.
The balance of flavours, oak, chocolate, toasted coffee (the latter two combined reminiscent of a Moccha
), a hint of cinnamon and vanilla really display what balance is all about when it comes to cigars flavours.From a bit earlier than the end of the first third, this cigar had settled in the experience it offered and stayed very consistent till much later. The smoke is light (as a personal choice I like a heavy smoke), but the balance and consistency makes it easy to overlook this.
This would be a nice cigar during the day when you have a bit more time than just enough for an aperitive type cigar.
Another of my ranking criteria is the sigh ranking. [The fact that I sigh smoking it because the experience is so enjoyable and I know it will come to an end, both for this cigar and for my ability to enjoy cigars]. This cigar did get a couple of sighs from me and therefore definitely me belongs to those elite "sighs" cigars.
Ok, the last bit of information whilst smoking this cigar, is that within the last 3 cm it only very slowly increased in strength and salinity. With only a weaning of the vanilla flavour really noticeable and a corresponding and therefore start of domination by the roasted cofee bean flavour.This makes it a very good cigar all around for me.
Laid to rest after 90+ minutes of real pleasure still had 1.5-2cm left to go. RIP.
Appearance & Construction (15) /13
Flavour (25) /21
Smoking Characteristics (25) /21
Overall Impression (35) /30
Total (100) /85
Complemented with a Penfold Bin 407 Blend 1999
