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This is not a Cuban cigar but one of the Dominican pretenders. Having said that I've had a genuine Partagas Serie D #4 and a Mille Fleurs and neither were to my taste. So this cigar for the Yank market is 5.25" long with a ring gauge of 54, it retails for about ten bucks over there. The wrapper is described as a maduro but it looks a bit patchy so I suspect it is dyed rather than genuine. The wrapper is veiny and looks rustic. When I squeezed it, it was very firm and I was alarmed to see the edge of the cap lift but it stayed put. The wrapper smelled of earthy chocolate, what my wife describes sweetly as dung! It punched easily and the cold taste was earthy but the draw was incredibly light, it was like sucking a drinking straw.
This was not a cigar to put down and suck once a minute, it just kept going out. I lost count of the number of times I relit it but I persisted for the sake of a review. It was pretty one dimensional with a woody, leathery taste with the occasional hint of pepper. It burned evenly with a dirty grey ash but once tapped off it looked a bit raggedy.
Apart from the effort of keeping it going it was an okay smoke for everyday but not one I'd be looking for if I went to the States. Cuba has nothing to fear from this stick.
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This was not a cigar to put down and suck once a minute, it just kept going out. I lost count of the number of times I relit it but I persisted for the sake of a review. It was pretty one dimensional with a woody, leathery taste with the occasional hint of pepper. It burned evenly with a dirty grey ash but once tapped off it looked a bit raggedy.
Apart from the effort of keeping it going it was an okay smoke for everyday but not one I'd be looking for if I went to the States. Cuba has nothing to fear from this stick.
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