MrErskine
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Rocky Patel The Edge Corojo Toro
Size: 6 x 52 (according to website)
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Filler: Unknown
It was in the 60's in Delaware today. I was able to get out for a nice little ride with my wife earlier, and I decided that since it was warmer, I would pull out a stick that I have been waiting on for a while. I took out this stick. It's a reddish cigar, and I couldn't get a real definitive scent off of it, so I clipped it and the pre-light draw didn't give me anything more to go on, except... When I touched my tongue to it, the spiciness was incredible. I knew that I would need something to help offset it, so I poured myself a cup of coffee.
Besides the redness of the wrapper, one of the more intriguing things that I noticed was the fact that the filler was a mixture of "lighter" and dark tobacco. The wrapper was near perfect, gorgeous coloration and construction.
When I lit it there was a huge burst of spiciness. Not black pepper spicy, but red pepper spicy. The huge burst of spiciness lasted through the entire first inch of the cigar. It began to mellow out a bit, but the spiciness never really went away. I was very suprised by its flavor. There was a very vague coffee taste but it was muted by a flavor of dried tomato and red pepper spice. The entire time I smoked it, the only thing that I could think was the color red-orange. That is, if a color had a flavor. There was a consistent tingle, and bit from the cigar as I smoked it. The tingle was a burning that wasn't because of the heat of the fire, but because of the bite of the spice. The spiciness got consistently weaker as I went through the cigar but it was ever present. However, the dried tomato and weak coffee flavor lasted all the way down to the end.
The scent of the smoke was somewhere between the dried tomato/red pepper and tomato sauce. At one point, I even thought that I smelled pizza. I don't really know what to attribute this to, but I thought that it was kinda cool. As I progressed through the cigar, there was also a hint of cedar.
The stick was very firm, but the draw was on the easy side of near-perfect. At the midway point, the draw did get a little more firm, but it remained as near-perfect as it could.
The cigar burned pretty well and mostly even. The only problem that I had is that on one side the wrapper wasn't burning. The filler of the cigar still burned evenly but the wrapper didn't. I think that I may have gotten it wet at some point. The ash built up to between 2 1/2 and 3 inches before it finally fell off
The only other complaint that I have about this cigar was that the initial aftertaste was dried tomato, but it quickly give way to burnt tobacco or ash. That was the only real disappointment that I had.
It did threaten to give me an ass kicking toward the end, but the feeling of nausea passed after a bit. If not for that, I would almost say that this cigar could be a decent everyday cigar, especially at around $5 a stick.
I liked the cigar, but I don't think that I would bump it into one of my favorites. I have a maduro toro warming up in the bullpen, and I can't wait to try it. I will make sure to have a full stomach when I do because if the corojo gave me a little trouble, I imagine that the maduro will be that much more.
Size: 6 x 52 (according to website)
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Filler: Unknown
It was in the 60's in Delaware today. I was able to get out for a nice little ride with my wife earlier, and I decided that since it was warmer, I would pull out a stick that I have been waiting on for a while. I took out this stick. It's a reddish cigar, and I couldn't get a real definitive scent off of it, so I clipped it and the pre-light draw didn't give me anything more to go on, except... When I touched my tongue to it, the spiciness was incredible. I knew that I would need something to help offset it, so I poured myself a cup of coffee.
Besides the redness of the wrapper, one of the more intriguing things that I noticed was the fact that the filler was a mixture of "lighter" and dark tobacco. The wrapper was near perfect, gorgeous coloration and construction.
When I lit it there was a huge burst of spiciness. Not black pepper spicy, but red pepper spicy. The huge burst of spiciness lasted through the entire first inch of the cigar. It began to mellow out a bit, but the spiciness never really went away. I was very suprised by its flavor. There was a very vague coffee taste but it was muted by a flavor of dried tomato and red pepper spice. The entire time I smoked it, the only thing that I could think was the color red-orange. That is, if a color had a flavor. There was a consistent tingle, and bit from the cigar as I smoked it. The tingle was a burning that wasn't because of the heat of the fire, but because of the bite of the spice. The spiciness got consistently weaker as I went through the cigar but it was ever present. However, the dried tomato and weak coffee flavor lasted all the way down to the end.
The scent of the smoke was somewhere between the dried tomato/red pepper and tomato sauce. At one point, I even thought that I smelled pizza. I don't really know what to attribute this to, but I thought that it was kinda cool. As I progressed through the cigar, there was also a hint of cedar.
The stick was very firm, but the draw was on the easy side of near-perfect. At the midway point, the draw did get a little more firm, but it remained as near-perfect as it could.
The cigar burned pretty well and mostly even. The only problem that I had is that on one side the wrapper wasn't burning. The filler of the cigar still burned evenly but the wrapper didn't. I think that I may have gotten it wet at some point. The ash built up to between 2 1/2 and 3 inches before it finally fell off
The only other complaint that I have about this cigar was that the initial aftertaste was dried tomato, but it quickly give way to burnt tobacco or ash. That was the only real disappointment that I had.
It did threaten to give me an ass kicking toward the end, but the feeling of nausea passed after a bit. If not for that, I would almost say that this cigar could be a decent everyday cigar, especially at around $5 a stick.
I liked the cigar, but I don't think that I would bump it into one of my favorites. I have a maduro toro warming up in the bullpen, and I can't wait to try it. I will make sure to have a full stomach when I do because if the corojo gave me a little trouble, I imagine that the maduro will be that much more.
