Kingantz
Growing too fast.
The wife had an appointment to see the eye doctor this evening, so after she took off, I grabbed up a Savinelli Liga Especial Robusto and headed to the back porch to fire it up. On the way out, I stopped by the liquor cabinet and poured the last couple fingers of Glenfiddich 21 yr to sip on while smoking the cigar.
After pulling off the cello, I could see the cigar was well constructed with the Ecuadorian Habano 2000 wrapper with noticeable oil, silky smooth, and prominent veins running the length on the back of the cigar. It had a nice weight in the hand, firm when squeezed, and good bunching in the foot. After punching the head, I found a perfect resistance in the draw with a taste I couldn’t quite pinpoint, however quite sweet.
With the foot torched, tons of smoke poured from the forming embers. I took a couple quick puffs and then a semi-long draw that brought a quite powerful black pepper spice on the back of the tongue and throat. The smoke was really strong, full-bodied, however had a really rich, sweet, delicious flavor in the finish.
A few more draws in, the powerful spice mellowed and became quite smooth. The burn was incredibly sharp with a light gray ash forming that held strong, layers forming in it from each draw taken. The smoke flowed effortlessly through the perfect draw, was a good medium in strength, and had a very smooth, creamy body with deliciously rich flavors that left a lasting finish on the palate.
Into the middle and final third, the flavors took on more of a straightforward tobacco, with a sweet taste remaining and a mild spice on the tongue. The burn continued to be sharp with the medium strength smoke flowing well, the light gray ash holding strong until tapped off. It did get slightly hot towards the end with a more charred tobacco taste, however still delicious. This was my first Savinelli to date, and thoroughly enjoyed it!
After pulling off the cello, I could see the cigar was well constructed with the Ecuadorian Habano 2000 wrapper with noticeable oil, silky smooth, and prominent veins running the length on the back of the cigar. It had a nice weight in the hand, firm when squeezed, and good bunching in the foot. After punching the head, I found a perfect resistance in the draw with a taste I couldn’t quite pinpoint, however quite sweet.
With the foot torched, tons of smoke poured from the forming embers. I took a couple quick puffs and then a semi-long draw that brought a quite powerful black pepper spice on the back of the tongue and throat. The smoke was really strong, full-bodied, however had a really rich, sweet, delicious flavor in the finish.
A few more draws in, the powerful spice mellowed and became quite smooth. The burn was incredibly sharp with a light gray ash forming that held strong, layers forming in it from each draw taken. The smoke flowed effortlessly through the perfect draw, was a good medium in strength, and had a very smooth, creamy body with deliciously rich flavors that left a lasting finish on the palate.
Into the middle and final third, the flavors took on more of a straightforward tobacco, with a sweet taste remaining and a mild spice on the tongue. The burn continued to be sharp with the medium strength smoke flowing well, the light gray ash holding strong until tapped off. It did get slightly hot towards the end with a more charred tobacco taste, however still delicious. This was my first Savinelli to date, and thoroughly enjoyed it!
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I keep chanting, "Smoke through your stash, smoke through your stash..." It's not helping. I really appreciate the offer though!