Chinchalero Novillo Torpedo Cigar - Box of 20

I am relatively new to cigars, but wouldn't recommend this one. Very uneven burn, uncomfortable draw, harsh taste for first 1/3rd, poor construction. After about half was done, wrapper started to crack and unroll. Smoke just stinks and is very unpleasant. It has taken me 2hrs and 5 mins to finish it and I can't say I enjoyed it. The only good points - very fresh and spicey taste near the head, but cigar was already too hot to enjoy it, and no headache. Also coffee didn't help much and I couldn't pick anything intresting - just constant earthy/peppery taste with variable harshness. In this case - you really get what you pay for.

Bought two of these after having mixed luck with the regular Novillo. Very pretty little cigar, feels well constructed in the hand. Lit it up and things started to go downhill, very harsh tobacco taste with no discernible flavour and very uneven burn, agree with previous reviews, this is looking a bit like my girlfriend- in need of constant attention! Started to redeem itself about ten minutes in, with spice/pepper and honey notes, the loose draw produced tonnes of smoke and the harshness backed off a bit. I'll leave the other one to rest for a while and see if it improves with age, as when I've had a good Chinchalero they're fantastic value for money, but if only one out of three of them is enjoyable I may be better of spending thrice the amount per smoke on a third the number of cigars.

I would give it a 2.5 as it did go out but I think I had over humidified so I won't hold it against it. First few puffs were a it rough, but soon settled into a tasty if unexciting smoke. Very large though, I felt very American smoking this. Didn't feel too strong while smoking, but I didn't sleep well that night so obviously fairly full strength.

I bought two of these for me and a friend and we both had the same thoughts on this cigar. It started off well enough. Even burn, nice mild taste and good construction. However it quickly started burning unevenly and turned harsh after half an inch. It also kept going out. This cigar seems high maintenance and requires constant attention. I'll probably buy a few more to test however