Date Added: Sunday 11 October, 2026
by Jason
£9.00
This one came in a sampler alongside some Gurkha cigars and, having seen several positive reviews, I was keen to see what all the fuss was about.
Flavour wise, I can understand the praise. It started beautifully smooth and was developing into a very enjoyable little smoke. I gave it my usual V cut and for the first half the draw was good, the flavour was pleasant and everything seemed to be heading in the right direction.
Unfortunately, I think I simply got unlucky with the construction. The body of the cigar felt reasonably soft, but the mouthpiece end was unusually hard. As the smoke progressed the draw became increasingly restricted until it was eventually far too tight to enjoy properly.
I ended up having to use a straight cut further down than I would normally like in order to remove the harder section. That immediately improved the draw, but by then the wrapper began to unravel and the cigar was fighting a losing battle.
It was a shame because underneath the construction issue there was clearly a very decent cigar trying to get out.
I am not going to judge it too harshly on the basis of one example. Cigars are handmade products and occasionally one gets through that simply does not behave. The flavour was good enough that I would happily try another and see if this was just a one off.
So, unfinished business rather than a bad verdict. The rematch will decide it.
