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Yeah I know. Lots of reviews for this one but I wanted to add my impressions to the thoughts here. This is a BIG cigar. As you know it is a Prominentes or Double corona measuring 7- 5/8 X 49. It has a very silky smooth light chocolate brown wrapper. The scent from the foot was earthy and hay like. I gave it a straight cut and the pre-draw was all sweet tobacco and earth.
Toasting and lighting reveal quite a lot of spice on the first few puffs. This spice was not at all brash or harsh but just seemed like it belong there. The first few puffs were leathery, some sweet notes, woody. There was also some kind of salty citrus flavor during the first third that went away during the latter part of the first third. The general saltiness remained. It was very evident pretty early on that this was going to be a very creamy, elegant smoke as all the flavors were so well integrated. Burn was good (only 1 very minor touch up was required during the entire smoke). Draw was on the firm side but very good with large volumes of smoke produced.
Second third was more of the same with everything in perfect balance. Smoothly complex and delicious. The spice became very integrated with the other flavors. Very creamy with sweet notes playing off the saltiness. A bit of nuttiness also made it's present known. Toward the end of the second third the earthiness began to build up a bit with some coffee notes starting to appear. There was leather present as well. This is a complex cigar that is so well balanced that you really have to pay attention to pick up all the nuances.
The ash held well. It was that dark charcoal color that flaked around the edges. Moving into the final third the smoke remained creamy and so well balanced. Some spices started building up in the latter part of the last third and gave a wonderful tingling sensation to my tongue and lips. Coffee notes, earth and leather riding on that core of spices made for an incredible finish to this cigar. It was a great smoke to the nub.
I still have 3 of these. I am going to set them aside and smoke 1 per year to see how it develops. In the meantime I have to get more of these to lay down. This is a special smoke. You need to give yourself at least 2 hours to savor and enjoy this beautiful smoke. It's all there.
Toasting and lighting reveal quite a lot of spice on the first few puffs. This spice was not at all brash or harsh but just seemed like it belong there. The first few puffs were leathery, some sweet notes, woody. There was also some kind of salty citrus flavor during the first third that went away during the latter part of the first third. The general saltiness remained. It was very evident pretty early on that this was going to be a very creamy, elegant smoke as all the flavors were so well integrated. Burn was good (only 1 very minor touch up was required during the entire smoke). Draw was on the firm side but very good with large volumes of smoke produced.
Second third was more of the same with everything in perfect balance. Smoothly complex and delicious. The spice became very integrated with the other flavors. Very creamy with sweet notes playing off the saltiness. A bit of nuttiness also made it's present known. Toward the end of the second third the earthiness began to build up a bit with some coffee notes starting to appear. There was leather present as well. This is a complex cigar that is so well balanced that you really have to pay attention to pick up all the nuances.
The ash held well. It was that dark charcoal color that flaked around the edges. Moving into the final third the smoke remained creamy and so well balanced. Some spices started building up in the latter part of the last third and gave a wonderful tingling sensation to my tongue and lips. Coffee notes, earth and leather riding on that core of spices made for an incredible finish to this cigar. It was a great smoke to the nub.
I still have 3 of these. I am going to set them aside and smoke 1 per year to see how it develops. In the meantime I have to get more of these to lay down. This is a special smoke. You need to give yourself at least 2 hours to savor and enjoy this beautiful smoke. It's all there.
