So had this sat in my tupperdor for a little while and was wondering when to smoke it not having a clue what to expect. Any how I took my chance when the sun broke through on the evening of what had been a very wet day. Boy I was not disappointed.
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Had a lovely deep musty smell to it with a dark oily wrapper that had a soft spring to it. All in all a very pleasant cigar in the hand even with the box pressed finish which I feel sometimes can ruin the feel.
Didn't do a cold draw taste unfortunately but after lighting I was treating with deep musty wood and cream very similar to a Bolivar. This soon disappeared in to a not quite as smooth dry coffee and heavy notes of wood and leather. I was genuinely taken a back as my last few non-Cubans had been a tad disappointing.
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As the smoke progressed it kept in very much the same vein of flavours with the odd treacle note surfacing which was very pleasant, minimal pepper. Throughout though there was a hint of occasional heat and maybe spice but it came across as a tad harsh.
The burn was great throughout and went a little awry towards the end but corrected itself.
Now I'm not one for nubbing a cigar I'm very much in the vein of "finish when you're not enjoying it"
I took it past this last photo and only out it down then because it went out.
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Overall a very good cigar and much more in the range of quality Cubans.just short of great because of the slight harshness.
I'll certainly be buying more in the future. I have a much larger one to smoke as well that came in the AB collection I got which I'm expecting to be great!
![](http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/09/abevasy7.jpg)
Had a lovely deep musty smell to it with a dark oily wrapper that had a soft spring to it. All in all a very pleasant cigar in the hand even with the box pressed finish which I feel sometimes can ruin the feel.
Didn't do a cold draw taste unfortunately but after lighting I was treating with deep musty wood and cream very similar to a Bolivar. This soon disappeared in to a not quite as smooth dry coffee and heavy notes of wood and leather. I was genuinely taken a back as my last few non-Cubans had been a tad disappointing.
![](http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/09/ve4u3y7a.jpg)
As the smoke progressed it kept in very much the same vein of flavours with the odd treacle note surfacing which was very pleasant, minimal pepper. Throughout though there was a hint of occasional heat and maybe spice but it came across as a tad harsh.
The burn was great throughout and went a little awry towards the end but corrected itself.
Now I'm not one for nubbing a cigar I'm very much in the vein of "finish when you're not enjoying it"
I took it past this last photo and only out it down then because it went out.
![](http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/09/emu3yzyz.jpg)
Overall a very good cigar and much more in the range of quality Cubans.just short of great because of the slight harshness.
I'll certainly be buying more in the future. I have a much larger one to smoke as well that came in the AB collection I got which I'm expecting to be great!
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