CMontoya79
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First, thanks to Bill (CigSid) for this most generous gift.
Cohiba Maduro 5 Genios 2010, box code unknown.
Pre light:
Appeance, Colorado brown maduro wrapper. Dry and nicely rolled. Aroma of cocoa powder with sweetness and barnyard at cold. Flavor of cold draw, of aged tobacco, saltiness and cocoa unsweetened. Draw is nice and open. Tobacco is nicely packed, stick feels right in hand. Cut with blade cutter. Drink accompaniment is Dalmore cigar malt with ice. Weather is about 50 degrees and cloudy with a slight breeze.
1st third:
Opens with aged tobacco and wood. Slight earthy and salty flavor kind of pretzel like. Aroma is of sweetness like caramel with burning woods. Flavor continues to be salty, with aged tobacco and a slight black pepper. A Cohiba like grassy flavor that is like Yerba mate or green tea makes an appearance. Halfway through 1st third. Aroma is dominated by caramel sweetness. Like kettle corn. Smoke volume is low to medium, and ash is a dark grey with black striping. Burn is self correcting after opening up a bit uneven. Cigar is a solid medium in strength and full flavored. Nearing final of 1st third a slight anise or black licorice flavor is in background. Finish is long and flavorful.
Cigar malt goes well with this stick as the strong sherry notes awaken a caramel sweetness in the flavor that is dominant in the aroma.
2nd third:
Opens with caramel faint, and an almond like note. Cohiba grassiness is also faint but present. Spice is more white pepper at this point. Cigar malt is smooth, buttery, and caramel sweetness. Sherry dominates. Smoke is velvet. Delicate. Flavors continue with white pepper, almonds, grassiness and aged tobacco dominate. Caramel fades in and out. White pepper and cinnamon like spice dance on the tongue.
Wood flavor present of hickory with sweetness in background. Burn is getting a bit crazy at this point, slight correction required. Into final third, cigar continues full flavored and a solid medium body. Hickory with sweetness dominates at this point with grassiness present. Band comes off with ease.
Final third:
Continues with hickory, grassiness and pepper is subsided greatly. All but gone. More of a faint cinnamon note. Cigar malt compliments this stick well. Malt is buttery, smooth and caramel. Smoke output continues low to medium, nice white with slight tan color. Aroma is of hickory. Zero harshness and bitterness. Midway in final third hickory turns to cedar in aroma and in flavor. Caramel sweetness dominates. Almonds are present, and yes the Cohiba grassiness continues. Pepper is almost non existent. Spice gone all together near end. Ash color is dark grey with black. Last of malt goes down easy. End of cigar is cocoa dust, and cedar and caramel sweetness along with Cohiba grassiness.
Final smoke time: 50 minutes.
Overall: 4 out of 5
93 points/100.
Great smoke, would highly recommend.
I would suggest picking up only when hand selected from vendor or fellow B/SOTL.
From what I've read when these are on they're on. This sample was most definitely on.
Cohiba Maduro 5 Genios 2010, box code unknown.
Pre light:
Appeance, Colorado brown maduro wrapper. Dry and nicely rolled. Aroma of cocoa powder with sweetness and barnyard at cold. Flavor of cold draw, of aged tobacco, saltiness and cocoa unsweetened. Draw is nice and open. Tobacco is nicely packed, stick feels right in hand. Cut with blade cutter. Drink accompaniment is Dalmore cigar malt with ice. Weather is about 50 degrees and cloudy with a slight breeze.
1st third:
Opens with aged tobacco and wood. Slight earthy and salty flavor kind of pretzel like. Aroma is of sweetness like caramel with burning woods. Flavor continues to be salty, with aged tobacco and a slight black pepper. A Cohiba like grassy flavor that is like Yerba mate or green tea makes an appearance. Halfway through 1st third. Aroma is dominated by caramel sweetness. Like kettle corn. Smoke volume is low to medium, and ash is a dark grey with black striping. Burn is self correcting after opening up a bit uneven. Cigar is a solid medium in strength and full flavored. Nearing final of 1st third a slight anise or black licorice flavor is in background. Finish is long and flavorful.
Cigar malt goes well with this stick as the strong sherry notes awaken a caramel sweetness in the flavor that is dominant in the aroma.
2nd third:
Opens with caramel faint, and an almond like note. Cohiba grassiness is also faint but present. Spice is more white pepper at this point. Cigar malt is smooth, buttery, and caramel sweetness. Sherry dominates. Smoke is velvet. Delicate. Flavors continue with white pepper, almonds, grassiness and aged tobacco dominate. Caramel fades in and out. White pepper and cinnamon like spice dance on the tongue.
Wood flavor present of hickory with sweetness in background. Burn is getting a bit crazy at this point, slight correction required. Into final third, cigar continues full flavored and a solid medium body. Hickory with sweetness dominates at this point with grassiness present. Band comes off with ease.
Final third:
Continues with hickory, grassiness and pepper is subsided greatly. All but gone. More of a faint cinnamon note. Cigar malt compliments this stick well. Malt is buttery, smooth and caramel. Smoke output continues low to medium, nice white with slight tan color. Aroma is of hickory. Zero harshness and bitterness. Midway in final third hickory turns to cedar in aroma and in flavor. Caramel sweetness dominates. Almonds are present, and yes the Cohiba grassiness continues. Pepper is almost non existent. Spice gone all together near end. Ash color is dark grey with black. Last of malt goes down easy. End of cigar is cocoa dust, and cedar and caramel sweetness along with Cohiba grassiness.
Final smoke time: 50 minutes.
Overall: 4 out of 5
93 points/100.
Great smoke, would highly recommend.
I would suggest picking up only when hand selected from vendor or fellow B/SOTL.
From what I've read when these are on they're on. This sample was most definitely on.
