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Macanudo Vintage 1993 No.1

Definitely a very well aged cigar as you can tell from the date, and color of the cellophane.

Appearance was the ugliest I have ever seen. Extremely lumpy and wrinkly, which made me think it was dried out, but it certainly wasn't and there were no issues with the wrapper being fragile like I expected

Taste wise, a medium, but the only taste was that characteristic mustyness of very aged cigars

Draw,burn and construction were perfect though, no issues whatsoever.

Really past its prime, if it ever had one. Completely one dimensional with mustyness being the only taste it had.

Honestly would have to give it a very poor rating if I were reviewing it.

There was really nothing pleasant or enjoyable about it.

My apologies to the generous gifter, but I'm always completely honest in my short or formal, full length, reviews.

The gift was still appreciated regardless


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Crowned Heads La Imperriosa Corona Gorda

Extremely tasty. Just as good as the last one I had.

Perfect draw and construction.

Burn was stubbornly off most of the way inspite of correction attempts, but did straighten out in a little above the last 3rd.

Not really a big deal to me anyway as long as there's no tunneling.

Good size too. Exactly 1 hr smoke time


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AF Casa Cuba Doble Cincos

Extremely tasty, firm bunch but still a little squishy. Very solid ash that hung on a good couple inches. Draw was perfect.

Unfortunately, that's the extent of good things I can say.

Burn was badly uneven the entire time regardless of correction attempts. Had a single bit of tunneling which didn't help any. Coal was a good inch long or so the entire time, which tells me that it wasn't burning properly.

After the halfway point the smoke steadily got hotter, and it began having poor smoke volume and acted like it wanted to go out, as it required several puffs to get any smoke.

Honestly, don't believe any of this was a manufacturing/construction issue.

I just received them 7 days ago, so I'm guessing that they are a little too humidified.

Being a bit moist pretty well explains all of the problems.

So, going to let them sit and acclimate for a month or so before trying again.
 

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