Benzopyrene
BoM June 08
Appearance- 9
Ash- 8
Draw- 7
Burn- 7
F/B- 20
Unq- 5
Smoke- 7
Fin- 6
Tot- 69/100
Filler: Cuba Binder: Cuba Wrapper: Cuba
CA rating: none My rating: 69 (12/5/07) Price: $18.53
Length: 7 Ring gauge: 47 Size: Church Color: Natural
Maybe I had a dud, or maybe I built this cigar up too much in my head before trying it, but this Asian pacific regional release was in my opinion a huge let down. On the outside it fooled me with its nice smooth natural wrapper and its appealing band presentation. The ash was a dark grey color that took a dysmorphic pattern that upon being ashed showed to be coning on the inside. It was however decently sturdy and created a hill-like landscaping burn pattern, and it had to be relit a few times throughout the smoke. The draw was laboring for the first third of the cigar and thus the smoke was scant, but it opened up after I passed the hard spot and the smoke it produced improved a little. This cigar was a light/medium bodied smoke that never got real complex. It had a an earthy core with no apparent underlying hints of anything at all. It was extremely one dimensional and I can only conclude that this is due to its still relatively young age. It was really quite a boring smoke that definitely needs to age some more before being a smokable stick. It finished bitterly and I had to put it down with about a third left to smoke, because it was really unsatisfying. For the price, there are much better smokes out there, and for a special release I definitely expected more. Hopefully these will improve over time and come to represent Ramon Allones better. Or maybe I just got the runt in the box. Only time will tell.:smokingme
Anybody else had this one???? Id love to know what you think.
Ash- 8
Draw- 7
Burn- 7
F/B- 20
Unq- 5
Smoke- 7
Fin- 6
Tot- 69/100
Filler: Cuba Binder: Cuba Wrapper: Cuba
CA rating: none My rating: 69 (12/5/07) Price: $18.53
Length: 7 Ring gauge: 47 Size: Church Color: Natural
Maybe I had a dud, or maybe I built this cigar up too much in my head before trying it, but this Asian pacific regional release was in my opinion a huge let down. On the outside it fooled me with its nice smooth natural wrapper and its appealing band presentation. The ash was a dark grey color that took a dysmorphic pattern that upon being ashed showed to be coning on the inside. It was however decently sturdy and created a hill-like landscaping burn pattern, and it had to be relit a few times throughout the smoke. The draw was laboring for the first third of the cigar and thus the smoke was scant, but it opened up after I passed the hard spot and the smoke it produced improved a little. This cigar was a light/medium bodied smoke that never got real complex. It had a an earthy core with no apparent underlying hints of anything at all. It was extremely one dimensional and I can only conclude that this is due to its still relatively young age. It was really quite a boring smoke that definitely needs to age some more before being a smokable stick. It finished bitterly and I had to put it down with about a third left to smoke, because it was really unsatisfying. For the price, there are much better smokes out there, and for a special release I definitely expected more. Hopefully these will improve over time and come to represent Ramon Allones better. Or maybe I just got the runt in the box. Only time will tell.:smokingme
Anybody else had this one???? Id love to know what you think.
