Kingantz
Growing too fast.
I received this stick in the MAWPIF from Breedy and figured today was a good day to put fire to it. This is a gorgeous lancero with a reddish brown rosado wrapper that is somewhat coarse with not much by way of oils. It’s firm when squeezed, has a good weight in the hand, and with the perfectly constructed pigtail triple cap punched I find a perfect draw with taste of sweet tobacco.
I have the foot burning in short fashion and proceed to blow on the embers to ensure an even burn, then take a couple of quick puffs and a long draw. I fully expected to get a good amount of spice, at least in the beginning stages, however I’m completely surprised as there’s practically none at all. The smoke is medium in body and quite smooth and thick on the tongue with the flavors seeming somewhat muted. I detect some woodiness, however again I’m not getting a great deal of flavor from the smoke in the first quarter inch or so.
The burn is good with a medium gray ash forming. I go to gently put the cigar in the ashtray and the ash easily falls on its own. I continue to puff and draw on this cigar, however am just not getting much as far as flavor from it. Possible hints of vanilla and what I believe is the Opus Rosado wrapper, but very faint. I am getting a small amount of spice in the still medium-bodied smoke, and not much at all in the finish. I keep trying to find flavor, but there’s just nothing there.
A third in and nothing has changed. Everything is the same as from the start, small amount of spice, muted flavor, no finish I can detect. I’m finding this very strange indeed from an Opus. I continue on in hopes that the cigar does start to perform in some form of fashion.
The burn continues to be sharp with a perfect draw allowing ample medium to now full-bodied smoke through. Finally, hitting around the halfway mark, I started getting a slightly stronger spice with flavors of toasted nuts, vanilla, and wood, however still somewhat muted to my palate. I can taste the Opus Rosado wrapper that I’ve been looking for, yet still not as flavorful as I would expect. I’m getting a somewhat tasty finish on the palate immediately after exhaling, however it is quite short.
The ash is very loose and falls on its own about every quarter to half inch. I’m to the point where I just don’t believe there’s much of anything else going to reveal itself in this cigar. It seems as though the flavors are right there, but just aren’t coming through. As I tried to remove the bands, the wrapper came completely unraveled, so just went ahead and set it down with probably a good couple inches left. Not sure what happened with this one, however just not as good as I had hoped.
I have the foot burning in short fashion and proceed to blow on the embers to ensure an even burn, then take a couple of quick puffs and a long draw. I fully expected to get a good amount of spice, at least in the beginning stages, however I’m completely surprised as there’s practically none at all. The smoke is medium in body and quite smooth and thick on the tongue with the flavors seeming somewhat muted. I detect some woodiness, however again I’m not getting a great deal of flavor from the smoke in the first quarter inch or so.
The burn is good with a medium gray ash forming. I go to gently put the cigar in the ashtray and the ash easily falls on its own. I continue to puff and draw on this cigar, however am just not getting much as far as flavor from it. Possible hints of vanilla and what I believe is the Opus Rosado wrapper, but very faint. I am getting a small amount of spice in the still medium-bodied smoke, and not much at all in the finish. I keep trying to find flavor, but there’s just nothing there.
A third in and nothing has changed. Everything is the same as from the start, small amount of spice, muted flavor, no finish I can detect. I’m finding this very strange indeed from an Opus. I continue on in hopes that the cigar does start to perform in some form of fashion.
The burn continues to be sharp with a perfect draw allowing ample medium to now full-bodied smoke through. Finally, hitting around the halfway mark, I started getting a slightly stronger spice with flavors of toasted nuts, vanilla, and wood, however still somewhat muted to my palate. I can taste the Opus Rosado wrapper that I’ve been looking for, yet still not as flavorful as I would expect. I’m getting a somewhat tasty finish on the palate immediately after exhaling, however it is quite short.
The ash is very loose and falls on its own about every quarter to half inch. I’m to the point where I just don’t believe there’s much of anything else going to reveal itself in this cigar. It seems as though the flavors are right there, but just aren’t coming through. As I tried to remove the bands, the wrapper came completely unraveled, so just went ahead and set it down with probably a good couple inches left. Not sure what happened with this one, however just not as good as I had hoped.
