BigJake6904
Fat Texan
It was snowing for the first time in Southern Texas in the last four years. Considering that, and that finals finished this week, I decided it was time for a nice cigar. All of the cigars that I have reviewed thus far have been "dos capas" which is the style of having two different wrappers rolled together as one.
Pre-Light: Nutty and Rich. Looks gorgeous, a little bit of cracking and damage on the foot, but not enough to affect the smoking of the cigar. Cigar lit at 7:39pm.
First Third: Really surprising, not as mild as I had expected. There is almost a bitter earthiness that stands out. The burn is not that even, and tend to burn faster on one side of the cigar than the other. Otherwise I’m enjoying the cigar…but glad the rarity didn’t make it cost insane amounts.
Second Third: The cigar begins to pickup. There seems to be a development from a light earthy tone to a toasted walnut type flavor. The aroma is phenomenal, and may even be better than the taste of the cigar. The burn is starting to even out as the ring gauge gets smaller, and the ash is a beautiful light grey and has yet to fall off.
Final Third: The ash finally fell off, and only ashed “naturally” twice throughout the whole smoke. A small crack developed towards the end, but it happened on the lighter wrapper, and since this covered the maduro wrapper below it…the wrappers did not split to the point where smoke came from the hole. Still a mild nuttiness, and complex flavor. Cigar finished at 8:14pm, after 35 min.
Conclusion: This was a great cigar, but a little over-hyped based on the rarity factor. I truly did enjoy it, but don't think it was as great as it's made out to be. But for $13, I can def. say I'll buy a few more.
