Antonio Gimenez Panatela Cigar - 1 Single

I bought 2 of these to be sure of seeing if I liked them. I tried them within 5 days of receipt. They are fairly cheap and hopes were not high. I've sampled a good range of cigars over 30 years, but these are easily the least satisfying and most annoying. It is impossible to keep them alight. The burn is temporarily OK until ignition occurs through another nearer segment, (not the tip) leading to a 1 cm length of unburned wrapper and a total burn on the opposite side of the cylinder. Re-lighting is only feasible with a big taper or after trimming the end square. The flavour is fairly harsh, but not bad. For the price one is buying immense frustration with no redeeming features that I could discover. Both samples did exactly the same thing, The Fuente at a similar price were streets ahead.

I've searched high and low for a flavour profile on this cigar (or even some other reviews) and not really found much. First third seemed nondescript I had a hard time pulling out any real flavours but at around the start of the second third a definite milk chocolate flavour started to come through which stayed with my through the rest of the cigar. Once that milk chocolate hit I really enjoyed it, going to try some of their other vitola's and see what they're like.

very good cigar for the money. will be buying more

I'm not a great cigar smoker but had a couple of these with a Filipino friend and we were both impressed with the smoke for the money.