Date Added: Thursday 29 July, 2021
by Craig
£22.99
I got this in my July Sub Box.
Well, the wrapper was ugly. It looked like it was stitched together by Dr Frankenstein. It looked a little dry, but the feel to the touch felt like a cigar kept at 69% hm.
So, I’m not a massive smoker of Cubans, so I was excited nonetheless to try it.
I gave this cigar a V cut.
The lighting was fine. The first draw seemed a little tight which panicked me to begin with. I thought the quality was going to be too dry to get a good draw.
After a tad more toasting, my mind settled when the draw became smoother (Not wind tunnel smooth, but just a nice even draw)
The flavour was a lovely oak and nutty taste.
The burn needed touched up but after a touch up I got 40 mins of even smoke and the ash was a darkish grey.
I in all got 1 hour by pacing this smoke.
The end really picked up and it was the best of all. It got spicy, stronger and it really picked up on flavour. Spicy oak which was amazing. As I continued into my last 10 mins, the burn became uneven and need a touch up but I didn’t really care so much because I was enjoying the flavour so much.
As another reviewer said, I don’t think I’d have picked this cigar at all, especially being a New World fan and I’m fairly certain I’ll revisit this cigar in the future. I’m hoping I get a less ugly cigar next time, but appearances can be deceiving. A lovely way to waste an hour.
