Kingantz
Growing too fast.
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- Oct 6, 2007
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It was another cloudy, dreary looking day. A slight breeze was blowing outside and every so often a drop of rain would come down. It won’t be long before the leaves start turning and the chore of raking will commence. You got to love fall! After a good hour or so of running and playing with the baby girl outside, the wife took her in for her afternoon nap, and I went digging in one of the humis for something to smoke.
I decided on a Tatuaje RC184. This cigar has a gorgeous presentation with silver foil covering half the cigar to the head. I love the shape of a salimone, tapered at both ends. The cigar felt quite hefty in the hand and only a slight give when squeezed. I cut a small piece of the head and found the draw quite tight, even with the tapered foot there should have been a slightly better draw. I cut a small amount more and still found the draw on the tight side, and decided to go ahead and light the foot to see if that would open it up any.
I put fire to the foot and sure enough I could get no smoke through even with a good effort of puffing. I went ahead and cut another piece off the foot and could see the bunching had a bit more of an opening, so put more fire to the foot and began puffing again. Not until the ash reached about a quarter inch did the cigar finally open up. Smoke began to flow well, and I began to reap the benefit of what this cigar had to offer. At first a good amount of black pepper spice hit the back of my throat causing a burning sensation, but not too bad. A really old, strong leather flavor came through with it that was really good.
After several draws, the spice died down to a perfect amount and a mixture of vanilla bean and roasted nuts came through. Smoke was pouring through effortlessly with a medium-full strength. I could detect notes of cedar wood along with the worn leather, vanilla bean, and toasted nuts with a long, lasting finish. The burn was razor sharp with the ash whitish gray in color. It fell on it’s own at a little over an inch revealing a dark gray ash within.
At about half way, the strength began to build and I was getting a pure, raw tobacco flavor as the core flavor. Rather strong, but good. I had to take slower, shorter draws towards the end as the power was really kicking. This was a very good smoke, however I didn’t feel it really knocked my socks off. I’ll have to pick up an RC 233 now, see what’s going on there.
I decided on a Tatuaje RC184. This cigar has a gorgeous presentation with silver foil covering half the cigar to the head. I love the shape of a salimone, tapered at both ends. The cigar felt quite hefty in the hand and only a slight give when squeezed. I cut a small piece of the head and found the draw quite tight, even with the tapered foot there should have been a slightly better draw. I cut a small amount more and still found the draw on the tight side, and decided to go ahead and light the foot to see if that would open it up any.
I put fire to the foot and sure enough I could get no smoke through even with a good effort of puffing. I went ahead and cut another piece off the foot and could see the bunching had a bit more of an opening, so put more fire to the foot and began puffing again. Not until the ash reached about a quarter inch did the cigar finally open up. Smoke began to flow well, and I began to reap the benefit of what this cigar had to offer. At first a good amount of black pepper spice hit the back of my throat causing a burning sensation, but not too bad. A really old, strong leather flavor came through with it that was really good.
After several draws, the spice died down to a perfect amount and a mixture of vanilla bean and roasted nuts came through. Smoke was pouring through effortlessly with a medium-full strength. I could detect notes of cedar wood along with the worn leather, vanilla bean, and toasted nuts with a long, lasting finish. The burn was razor sharp with the ash whitish gray in color. It fell on it’s own at a little over an inch revealing a dark gray ash within.
At about half way, the strength began to build and I was getting a pure, raw tobacco flavor as the core flavor. Rather strong, but good. I had to take slower, shorter draws towards the end as the power was really kicking. This was a very good smoke, however I didn’t feel it really knocked my socks off. I’ll have to pick up an RC 233 now, see what’s going on there.
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