Pepin 601 Black label. Started very peppery and oily, strong to the point of being borderline harsh. Very unpleasant when expelling smoke nasally. In the middle third, an unusual tasty flavor developed that I could not pin down. If I had to toss a word on it, I'd say "beef on toast." the final third got progressively rougher and more harsh as the smoke stayed superdense and oily. I could take a mouthful, open my mouth and nothing would happen for a few seconds. And then this dense, oily smoke would slowly roll out and down. Crazy stuff!
This cigar is just too rough to smoke young. If it ages well and loses that harsh edge and if the flavors in the middle third stretched out to the rest of the smoke, this will be a knockout, unusual cigar.
Wilkey