Wolfie
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Greetings!
I recently had a chance to take part in an exclusive tour of a very exclusive hand rolling factory for an uber exclusive brand of designer cigars and wanted to share my experience exclusively with you. Let it suffice to say that I have contacts on the inside. Exclusive contacts.
This factory produces a very limited number of hand rolled cigars, all painstakingly rolled from select tobacco (and other secret ingredients)
The work bench where choice tobacco is selected and prepared. Note the flashy, unique stoneware preperation tablet. This factory is dedicated to providing only the best and this shows even in little details. These are hand painted by a 6 year old artisan before being glazed and fired in a kiln powered by...I dunno...a warp reactor or black hole or something.
Here we see the tobacco being set into specially designed, small batch aromatic fuming chambers. I'm told this is where much of the magic happens, although I have yet to see any shamans, incantations or wands so I'll simply have to take their word for it.
These following picture was taken covertly as I was told that the secret ingredient was strictly...erm...secret. Judging by the crystaline nature of the containment vessel, I assume that this is some sort of exotic herb from some unmarred and foreign land. The deapths of the rain forest, perhaps? Possibly even the Back Bay.
The final product shows the signs of an expert hand rolling and masterful construction. When I approach the cigar, I'm greeted with a flawless, toothy surface and a decidedly oily sheen. It feels consistent throughout. Firm, with just a slight give. A beautiful construction, this is a quality cigar.
The scent slightly reminiscent a Skunk, Leather and Onion sandwich hangs in the air like a thick fog. The pre-light was smooth and easy, with just a subtle tang in the background. Given time to rest, I can imagine this would make for a beautiful aroma in the humidor, although I'm assured that they're ready to smoke when rolled.
So how does it smoke?
Because of the beautiful, delicate and unique style of the vitola (which was a madified robusto at about 5"x40), I decided it was best to enjoy it in a manner that it would be unmolested by my manhands and would place it on display to be visually enjoyed while I smoked it.
I was first greeted with an intense pepperiness, beyond what I would expect and this pepper continued uniformly through the smoke. At times, I could pick up a spicy, herby, cedary flavour. At about the one third mark, I started to notice a mellow, smokey saltiness and that sharp pre-light tang building noticably with sharp bursts which hit me in the face like a slab of pork shoulder.
By the halfway point, everything mellowed and melded together into a perfect harmony. I couldn't quite pick out the aroma but it was described to me by others as being not unlike a pan of burnt bacon with some urine added for good measure.
I couldn't put it down...and due to my smoking impliment, I didn't have to and continued to smoke it completely out of oblivion.
Overall, an 11 out of 10. A man sized meal in a stick form, this should have a place in any aficionado's primary humidor alongside any fine CC. No bacon was wasted in the making of this review.
I recently had a chance to take part in an exclusive tour of a very exclusive hand rolling factory for an uber exclusive brand of designer cigars and wanted to share my experience exclusively with you. Let it suffice to say that I have contacts on the inside. Exclusive contacts.
This factory produces a very limited number of hand rolled cigars, all painstakingly rolled from select tobacco (and other secret ingredients)
The work bench where choice tobacco is selected and prepared. Note the flashy, unique stoneware preperation tablet. This factory is dedicated to providing only the best and this shows even in little details. These are hand painted by a 6 year old artisan before being glazed and fired in a kiln powered by...I dunno...a warp reactor or black hole or something.
Here we see the tobacco being set into specially designed, small batch aromatic fuming chambers. I'm told this is where much of the magic happens, although I have yet to see any shamans, incantations or wands so I'll simply have to take their word for it.
These following picture was taken covertly as I was told that the secret ingredient was strictly...erm...secret. Judging by the crystaline nature of the containment vessel, I assume that this is some sort of exotic herb from some unmarred and foreign land. The deapths of the rain forest, perhaps? Possibly even the Back Bay.
The final product shows the signs of an expert hand rolling and masterful construction. When I approach the cigar, I'm greeted with a flawless, toothy surface and a decidedly oily sheen. It feels consistent throughout. Firm, with just a slight give. A beautiful construction, this is a quality cigar.
The scent slightly reminiscent a Skunk, Leather and Onion sandwich hangs in the air like a thick fog. The pre-light was smooth and easy, with just a subtle tang in the background. Given time to rest, I can imagine this would make for a beautiful aroma in the humidor, although I'm assured that they're ready to smoke when rolled.
So how does it smoke?
Because of the beautiful, delicate and unique style of the vitola (which was a madified robusto at about 5"x40), I decided it was best to enjoy it in a manner that it would be unmolested by my manhands and would place it on display to be visually enjoyed while I smoked it.
I was first greeted with an intense pepperiness, beyond what I would expect and this pepper continued uniformly through the smoke. At times, I could pick up a spicy, herby, cedary flavour. At about the one third mark, I started to notice a mellow, smokey saltiness and that sharp pre-light tang building noticably with sharp bursts which hit me in the face like a slab of pork shoulder.
By the halfway point, everything mellowed and melded together into a perfect harmony. I couldn't quite pick out the aroma but it was described to me by others as being not unlike a pan of burnt bacon with some urine added for good measure.
I couldn't put it down...and due to my smoking impliment, I didn't have to and continued to smoke it completely out of oblivion.
Overall, an 11 out of 10. A man sized meal in a stick form, this should have a place in any aficionado's primary humidor alongside any fine CC. No bacon was wasted in the making of this review.
