Kingantz
Growing too fast.
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2007
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Nice looking cigar with a maduro color wrapper and plenty of oils glistening. It’s very coarse with one prominent vein running the length and very firm when squeezed. I seemed to have left my punch knife on the dresser and didn’t feel like going back in, so clipped the head with my Palio. There’s a good resistance in the draw, possibly a tad bit on the tight side, but good nonetheless.
I put fire to the foot and away we go! First draw is a very mild body with no spice to be found. I’m not getting much flavor out of the smoke either, just a mild tobacco taste to begin with, however after a good half-inch in I start getting faint notes of earth, wood, and maybe toasted nuts. There’s a bittersweet taste on the lips as well, not entirely unpleasant.
The burn is sharp with a medium gray ash forming that is loose and flaky. Plenty of smoke is being produced and continues to be a mild-medium body with tastes of earth and leather with a hint of nuts, maybe a smidgen of cocoa coming through as well. The finish is very short and not too bad on the palate.
Halfway in and the burn continues to be sharp with a loose, flaky ash. There’s a small amount of white pepper spice on the back of the throat. The smoke is still mild to medium and there’s just not much by way of flavor coming through. Small hints of earth and leather with some nuttiness that I can only describe as somewhat lacking. I find nothing in the finish, a somewhat bitter aftertaste coming through.
I have to admit, things didn’t change much in the end. Good burn, flaky ash, flavors just not working out well at all with a sort of bitterness in the aftertaste. I started to put it down at about two inches but kept going, then finally letting it go at about an inch. I have to admit, this was not a good cigar for me.
I put fire to the foot and away we go! First draw is a very mild body with no spice to be found. I’m not getting much flavor out of the smoke either, just a mild tobacco taste to begin with, however after a good half-inch in I start getting faint notes of earth, wood, and maybe toasted nuts. There’s a bittersweet taste on the lips as well, not entirely unpleasant.
The burn is sharp with a medium gray ash forming that is loose and flaky. Plenty of smoke is being produced and continues to be a mild-medium body with tastes of earth and leather with a hint of nuts, maybe a smidgen of cocoa coming through as well. The finish is very short and not too bad on the palate.
Halfway in and the burn continues to be sharp with a loose, flaky ash. There’s a small amount of white pepper spice on the back of the throat. The smoke is still mild to medium and there’s just not much by way of flavor coming through. Small hints of earth and leather with some nuttiness that I can only describe as somewhat lacking. I find nothing in the finish, a somewhat bitter aftertaste coming through.
I have to admit, things didn’t change much in the end. Good burn, flaky ash, flavors just not working out well at all with a sort of bitterness in the aftertaste. I started to put it down at about two inches but kept going, then finally letting it go at about an inch. I have to admit, this was not a good cigar for me.
