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Construction: Dark maduro wrapper, some small-medium veins, a little bumpy and dry-feeling. Firm feel, light weight.
Prelight: Good medium draw, flavor of cocoa, nuts, a little spice. Aroma has hints of nuts and cocoa.
Initial smoke: Woody/leathery flavors with a light spicy kick.
First 1/2 is noticeably more mild than the natural wrapper Buena Fortuna. Nice flavors, woody/nutty, with mild spice and slight leather aftertaste. Into the second 1/2, the spice picks up a bit, along with a bit of sweet caramel aftertaste. Burn is good, got a little uneven at one point but self-corrected. The last inch or so toward the nub was a lot fuller bodied, or at least seemed it, than the rest of the smoke but flavors remained nice.
Overall I actually preferred the natural Buena Fortuna to the Maduro, but they are both very good smokes.
Prelight: Good medium draw, flavor of cocoa, nuts, a little spice. Aroma has hints of nuts and cocoa.
Initial smoke: Woody/leathery flavors with a light spicy kick.
First 1/2 is noticeably more mild than the natural wrapper Buena Fortuna. Nice flavors, woody/nutty, with mild spice and slight leather aftertaste. Into the second 1/2, the spice picks up a bit, along with a bit of sweet caramel aftertaste. Burn is good, got a little uneven at one point but self-corrected. The last inch or so toward the nub was a lot fuller bodied, or at least seemed it, than the rest of the smoke but flavors remained nice.
Overall I actually preferred the natural Buena Fortuna to the Maduro, but they are both very good smokes.
