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Cruzado Marelas
Size: 5 5/8 x 46
Vitola: Perfecto
Blend: Nicaragua Puro - 2 Parts Criollo '98 / 1 Part Corojo '06
This stick was gifted to me by NorCal_Aaron, so I thought it should be my next review.
Prelight: A distinct barnyard smell, prelight draw was good with sweet tobacco flavor, ok construction, and nice semi-smooth wrapper and shape. There was a little too much vegetable gum to hold the foot together, which cause some initial burn issues.
1/3: Initial tastes of sweet chocolate with a little spice, and smooth. Draw is near perfect once the foot burns down a bit. Burn is pretty even so far with one correction from a poor initial lighting. The initial lighting flamed up a bit around the wrapper from vegetable gum burning. Smooth and sweet without any spice now. Ash holding at 1/2" to 3/4" Very much like some of the Illusiones with flavors more subdued and lacking the distinct flavor floral/earth sweetness - More of a caramel sweet.
Burn a little uneven, and needing another correction.
2/3: Starting to get hints of that Illusione earthy sweetness now. Burn uneven again and requiring a touchup. Ash holding on about 1". Aroma is very nice and sweet, smells like something sweet baking. The Illusione taste has gone away, but flavor has gotten more carmely sweeter with a near perfect burn now and a perfect draw. Very smoothy and creamy, no spice.
3/3: Spice has come back a bit. A little bitter after a relight, but that didn't last too long. I did notice, along with my wife, a little nutmeg aroma
Overall: This was a nice cigar with regards to flavor and complexity. The flavors came in and out, and sometimes paralleled Illusione - this must be the similar blends of the cigars but the different ratios. Took me about 1:15 to smoke, but takes me a while. Most will probably smoke this in 1:00. There were some issues with the burn and there was a couple relights. I attribute this to my humi being slightly high. I dry-boxed it but only for an hour. I'll give this stick another try, but I'm not convinced yet of a regular stock. To be continued....
Size: 5 5/8 x 46
Vitola: Perfecto
Blend: Nicaragua Puro - 2 Parts Criollo '98 / 1 Part Corojo '06
This stick was gifted to me by NorCal_Aaron, so I thought it should be my next review.
Prelight: A distinct barnyard smell, prelight draw was good with sweet tobacco flavor, ok construction, and nice semi-smooth wrapper and shape. There was a little too much vegetable gum to hold the foot together, which cause some initial burn issues.
1/3: Initial tastes of sweet chocolate with a little spice, and smooth. Draw is near perfect once the foot burns down a bit. Burn is pretty even so far with one correction from a poor initial lighting. The initial lighting flamed up a bit around the wrapper from vegetable gum burning. Smooth and sweet without any spice now. Ash holding at 1/2" to 3/4" Very much like some of the Illusiones with flavors more subdued and lacking the distinct flavor floral/earth sweetness - More of a caramel sweet.
Burn a little uneven, and needing another correction.
2/3: Starting to get hints of that Illusione earthy sweetness now. Burn uneven again and requiring a touchup. Ash holding on about 1". Aroma is very nice and sweet, smells like something sweet baking. The Illusione taste has gone away, but flavor has gotten more carmely sweeter with a near perfect burn now and a perfect draw. Very smoothy and creamy, no spice.
3/3: Spice has come back a bit. A little bitter after a relight, but that didn't last too long. I did notice, along with my wife, a little nutmeg aroma
Overall: This was a nice cigar with regards to flavor and complexity. The flavors came in and out, and sometimes paralleled Illusione - this must be the similar blends of the cigars but the different ratios. Took me about 1:15 to smoke, but takes me a while. Most will probably smoke this in 1:00. There were some issues with the burn and there was a couple relights. I attribute this to my humi being slightly high. I dry-boxed it but only for an hour. I'll give this stick another try, but I'm not convinced yet of a regular stock. To be continued....
