marcsheldon
CP's official Architect
I thought I would review this cigar, since its fairly hard to come by. jfields recently did a good review as well and alot of my impressions echo his. I was gifted this cigar by a good customer of mine, he and I agreed to age them for about a year before firing them up.....that lasted about a week.
Size: 52 x 4.3"
Wrapper/Filler/Binder: Apperantly a Nicaraguan, Ligero puro.
A very dark oily wrapper. One of the oiliest I've ever seen. My favorite vitola is a petite robusto so this cigar was right up my alley. The pre-light aroma was very distinctive of your typical tatuaje/pepin variety. Did I mention it was very oily? /my first impression after lighting it up, I noticed what great wide open, effortless draw it had, which is why I love these sizes so much. It didn't take too long for the flavors and strength to kick in. I had a great flavor to it. The aroma was very toasty, almost like burnt toast, but in a good way. As jfield stated, it did settle down halfway into it. The toasty notes didn't subdue any, but it kinda transformed into a dark coffee flavor. As you can see, the burn was moslty even and consistant throughout. The ash held in tact for me very well, I think I only ashed twice. It started maturating into different flavors as it dwindled. Like a strong expresso or dark chocolate. The finish was stong and steady. I was sad to see this cigar go. It took me right at 55 minutes to finish it before I had to reluctantly lay it down. If I had to compare this cigar to anything it might be a "My Father", or even a graycliff expresso, though stronger that both. It didn't taste anything like a Ligero to me or even a double Ligero. There wasn't that "in your face" peppery taste that something like a LFD double has. Just a very bold, dark, full throttle bomb from start to finish. Definatly not a cigar for the casual smoker. But if you can make the swin to Hawaii, it's definatly worth it. I wish I had the shop's website to post on here, but I couldn't find it. Im sure someone on here has it they can post.
Size: 52 x 4.3"
Wrapper/Filler/Binder: Apperantly a Nicaraguan, Ligero puro.
A very dark oily wrapper. One of the oiliest I've ever seen. My favorite vitola is a petite robusto so this cigar was right up my alley. The pre-light aroma was very distinctive of your typical tatuaje/pepin variety. Did I mention it was very oily? /my first impression after lighting it up, I noticed what great wide open, effortless draw it had, which is why I love these sizes so much. It didn't take too long for the flavors and strength to kick in. I had a great flavor to it. The aroma was very toasty, almost like burnt toast, but in a good way. As jfield stated, it did settle down halfway into it. The toasty notes didn't subdue any, but it kinda transformed into a dark coffee flavor. As you can see, the burn was moslty even and consistant throughout. The ash held in tact for me very well, I think I only ashed twice. It started maturating into different flavors as it dwindled. Like a strong expresso or dark chocolate. The finish was stong and steady. I was sad to see this cigar go. It took me right at 55 minutes to finish it before I had to reluctantly lay it down. If I had to compare this cigar to anything it might be a "My Father", or even a graycliff expresso, though stronger that both. It didn't taste anything like a Ligero to me or even a double Ligero. There wasn't that "in your face" peppery taste that something like a LFD double has. Just a very bold, dark, full throttle bomb from start to finish. Definatly not a cigar for the casual smoker. But if you can make the swin to Hawaii, it's definatly worth it. I wish I had the shop's website to post on here, but I couldn't find it. Im sure someone on here has it they can post.
