ironpeddler
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Having smoked the original release of these a few years back, and liking the flavors, they left a lasting memory that had me make a run at this new release. I had Isy send me a few different sizes and I found I liked them in general and the Dobles (Toro, 6.1x50) in particular, the best of all. I bought a box, storing them at around 65%, and have been smoking them for about two weeks now.
The stick is constructed very well with no large veins in the smooth medium brown wrapper and have a nice firm feel to them. I've been giving them a criss cross V-cut and the perfectly rolled cold draw has a sweet, tobacco flavor. It lit right up and never had an uneven burn or went out in the one hour or so it takes to smoke one. The light gray ash held on for an inch or two at a time until I knocked it off.
Without getting into too many spice references, which I am not able to decipher in my 38+ years of smoking cigars, this is a very solid medium smoke that I seem to enjoy as a morning smoke with a cup of coffee, espresso, or cappuccino. If I was able to pull a familiar flavor out of it, it would be a coffee, almond like taste that hit my wheel house dead center....and that was before drinking any accompanying drink. The retro hale is mild and not 'nose hair burning' in the least as I worked my way thought the stick.
At no time was it bitter, salty, metallic, or too intense/thick to the point of having to put it down for a short rest. It was consistently enjoyable throughout the entire smoke. But then again, I'm a patient smoker and never tend to rush the experience.
The first third was on the sweet side, consistant with the cold draw, and produced a good amount of smoke on each pull. As I continued, it ramped up from a mild to a now medium, clean tobacco taste at the mid-third point. It never got too peppery like a Nicauaguan cigar and produced no tar buildup at the cut, just a solid cool burning smoke. The final third was just a slightly stronger version of the middle third which makes me refer to it as a true medium strength cigar.
After smoking all these intense Nicuraguan cigars over the last few years, I've been exploring and buying more cigars in this mid range in an attempt to re-adjust my palette...and this cigar is a perfect representation of what I would call a medium cigar on the strength scale.
I did take a few pics the other day when I smoked one but my phone is downstairs and now I'm upstairs typing this on my iPad. I'll add them later when I'm motivated to move my lazy ass out of my smoking room where I'm on an Olympic watching marathon.
The stick is constructed very well with no large veins in the smooth medium brown wrapper and have a nice firm feel to them. I've been giving them a criss cross V-cut and the perfectly rolled cold draw has a sweet, tobacco flavor. It lit right up and never had an uneven burn or went out in the one hour or so it takes to smoke one. The light gray ash held on for an inch or two at a time until I knocked it off.
Without getting into too many spice references, which I am not able to decipher in my 38+ years of smoking cigars, this is a very solid medium smoke that I seem to enjoy as a morning smoke with a cup of coffee, espresso, or cappuccino. If I was able to pull a familiar flavor out of it, it would be a coffee, almond like taste that hit my wheel house dead center....and that was before drinking any accompanying drink. The retro hale is mild and not 'nose hair burning' in the least as I worked my way thought the stick.
At no time was it bitter, salty, metallic, or too intense/thick to the point of having to put it down for a short rest. It was consistently enjoyable throughout the entire smoke. But then again, I'm a patient smoker and never tend to rush the experience.
The first third was on the sweet side, consistant with the cold draw, and produced a good amount of smoke on each pull. As I continued, it ramped up from a mild to a now medium, clean tobacco taste at the mid-third point. It never got too peppery like a Nicauaguan cigar and produced no tar buildup at the cut, just a solid cool burning smoke. The final third was just a slightly stronger version of the middle third which makes me refer to it as a true medium strength cigar.
After smoking all these intense Nicuraguan cigars over the last few years, I've been exploring and buying more cigars in this mid range in an attempt to re-adjust my palette...and this cigar is a perfect representation of what I would call a medium cigar on the strength scale.
I did take a few pics the other day when I smoked one but my phone is downstairs and now I'm upstairs typing this on my iPad. I'll add them later when I'm motivated to move my lazy ass out of my smoking room where I'm on an Olympic watching marathon.
