Kingantz
Growing too fast.
What an absolutely beautiful day with clear blue sky, faint breeze, and temps right above 50F. I ran a few errands early this morning and after getting home loved on my baby girl for a bit, had a bit of lunch, and went looking for a smoke. I grabbed two of the cigars I got from David (Azoetia) and was trying to decide which one to smoke, the AVO LE 05 OR or from the 80th Humidor. I held them up and asked my wife which one, and she picked the 80th Humidor (excellent).
The Connecticut seed, Ecuadorian Sun Grown wrapper is a medium brown with noticeable oil, tooth, and one prominent vein running the length. As I squeeze the cigar, it is very firm with no soft spots, has a good weight in the hand, and the Dominican binder/filler bunching in the foot looks good. I punch the cap with the largest ring on my knife and find the draw with only a slight more resistance than I like, however more than enough air flowing through with a good, aged tobacco taste coming through.
I put fire to the foot and take a number of puffs to get the smoke flowing, take a long draw, and exhale slowly through the mouth and nose. I find it to be a rather mild strength with a mild spice on the back of the tongue. There’s a medium body, the smoke a little heavy on the tongue. Delicious wood and nut flavors come through with what seems like an herbal quality.
A third in and the burn is sharp with a compact, medium gray ash forming that is a bit flaky but holding strong. Good mild to almost medium strength smoke is flowing well through the draw that still has a little more resistance than I like. Flavors are consistent, having a somewhat rich, straightforward tobacco taste and mild spice hitting the tongue. The finish is delicious and lasting on the palate.
Halfway in I decide to go ahead and clip some off the head to see if it will help open the draw a little more, which it actually did. The burn continues to be sharp on into the final third with the smoke maybe leaning a bit more towards medium strength, the body a good medium as well. Flavors kick up a notch towards the end, becoming increasingly rich with the smoke smooth, creamy, and delicious! The finish is very lasting on the palate, lip smacking good. I thoroughly enjoyed this cigar and have to give many thanks to David for such an excellent experience on a beautiful day.
The Connecticut seed, Ecuadorian Sun Grown wrapper is a medium brown with noticeable oil, tooth, and one prominent vein running the length. As I squeeze the cigar, it is very firm with no soft spots, has a good weight in the hand, and the Dominican binder/filler bunching in the foot looks good. I punch the cap with the largest ring on my knife and find the draw with only a slight more resistance than I like, however more than enough air flowing through with a good, aged tobacco taste coming through.
I put fire to the foot and take a number of puffs to get the smoke flowing, take a long draw, and exhale slowly through the mouth and nose. I find it to be a rather mild strength with a mild spice on the back of the tongue. There’s a medium body, the smoke a little heavy on the tongue. Delicious wood and nut flavors come through with what seems like an herbal quality.
A third in and the burn is sharp with a compact, medium gray ash forming that is a bit flaky but holding strong. Good mild to almost medium strength smoke is flowing well through the draw that still has a little more resistance than I like. Flavors are consistent, having a somewhat rich, straightforward tobacco taste and mild spice hitting the tongue. The finish is delicious and lasting on the palate.
Halfway in I decide to go ahead and clip some off the head to see if it will help open the draw a little more, which it actually did. The burn continues to be sharp on into the final third with the smoke maybe leaning a bit more towards medium strength, the body a good medium as well. Flavors kick up a notch towards the end, becoming increasingly rich with the smoke smooth, creamy, and delicious! The finish is very lasting on the palate, lip smacking good. I thoroughly enjoyed this cigar and have to give many thanks to David for such an excellent experience on a beautiful day.
