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Punch Gran Puro

txmatt

El Cheapo smoker
Joined
May 23, 2004
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Scores
Appearance - 93
Construction - 80
Burn - 75
Draw - 90
Flavor - 95
Value - 96
Overall - 93



Alrighty folks I am going to have to smoke this baby side by side with my ole' favorite AF DC Robusto because I might have a new fav.

Let me get to the bad. This cigar had an empty area on one side that caused it to burn unevenly frequently, and affected the flavor briefly. I have smoked enough other Punch cigars to discard this as a rare defect that all manufacturers have. This baby should have been in a lucky buyer's el credito bundle. Had this flaw not been there The construction and burn scores would have been in the 90s with the others.

This true puro has a beautiful oily wrapper and looking at the butt end you can tell it has quite a varied blend. It clipped well, drew wonderfully, great ash (3"). I can't spend the usual length of time describing the physical because the taste is what this smoke was all about.

I smoked the cigar 1/2 and hour ago and I am still loving the flavor in my mouth. How to describe the flavor though. Think of a caramel vanilla mocha capacino and that gives you a ballpark.

I pestered Aaron (hunsolo on here) to split a box with me hopefully he likes them as much as I do or I will have to figure out a way to order them without my wife seeing the CC statement. :D

Highly Reccomended!
Matt
 
txmatt said:
I love these too! Great smoke for the price too. I'm growing fond of these fatter Robustos. 4.75" - 5.5" and 50+ Ring gauge is what I favor.

Nice taste to the Gran Puro.

Good review. And yeah, that 'void' was rare.

M. Gipson
 
intresting review just orderd a box of 25 Rancho. Always looking for good cigars when ur a newb :thumbs: thanks.
 
StonyVision said:
intresting review just orderd a box of 25 Rancho. Always looking for good cigars when ur a newb :thumbs: thanks.
Are you a newb to cigars? You may want to eat before smoking one of them.

Please let us know what you think!
Matt
 
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