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So, the blurb says 'The Passport is the result of carefully selected Ecuadorian Habano wrapper that is resorted and classified for colour, oil content, texture and combustion. Nothing is left to chance. Add the floral notes to the retrohale and we humbly believe its something special. It is another cigar that is designed to satisfy the under served markets of vital and price in an otherwise crowded humidor'. Nah, I don't understand what they mean either!
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However the Crux Passport Corona is a very nice cigar. Coming in at 5.5" x44 the corona is a decent size for an afternoon smoke. That Ecuadorian wrapper is a beautiful chocolate brown colour with an oily appearance and a very well crafted cap. It is well packed with Nicaraguan filler and gives just the right amount of spring when squeezed. The wrapper has a rich malty smell reminiscent of a Bolivar believe it or not. Once cut the draw was easy, perhaps too light for the Cubanistas and had hints of coffee in the taste.
This first stick lit and burned perfectly with no relights or corrections. The one time I thought she was going out a firm purge brought it straight back to life.
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The initial flavour was light and woody and slightly tannic. It could have been cedar but I couldn't really tell. Half and inch in and it started to taste leathery and it was clear that this was not to be a monotonous smoke. The ash dropped at one inch and I was rewarded with a mouthful of pecan or maybe walnut and the smoke almost immediately became creamier. I can see from this why some people tap off regularly rather than let the ash build up.
The pecan flavour ebbed somewhat seeing a return of a creamy woody taste till the ash dropped again and pow, back it came.
Around the half way mark it started to develop caramel tones for a while until it settled back to that nutty flavour for the final third. If you like pepper then this sin't for you but it was a pleasure for me.
Crux cigars are not easy to source and they are too small a company to buy their way into the top 25 rankings but for me this was a damn good non Cuban.
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However the Crux Passport Corona is a very nice cigar. Coming in at 5.5" x44 the corona is a decent size for an afternoon smoke. That Ecuadorian wrapper is a beautiful chocolate brown colour with an oily appearance and a very well crafted cap. It is well packed with Nicaraguan filler and gives just the right amount of spring when squeezed. The wrapper has a rich malty smell reminiscent of a Bolivar believe it or not. Once cut the draw was easy, perhaps too light for the Cubanistas and had hints of coffee in the taste.
This first stick lit and burned perfectly with no relights or corrections. The one time I thought she was going out a firm purge brought it straight back to life.
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The initial flavour was light and woody and slightly tannic. It could have been cedar but I couldn't really tell. Half and inch in and it started to taste leathery and it was clear that this was not to be a monotonous smoke. The ash dropped at one inch and I was rewarded with a mouthful of pecan or maybe walnut and the smoke almost immediately became creamier. I can see from this why some people tap off regularly rather than let the ash build up.
The pecan flavour ebbed somewhat seeing a return of a creamy woody taste till the ash dropped again and pow, back it came.
Around the half way mark it started to develop caramel tones for a while until it settled back to that nutty flavour for the final third. If you like pepper then this sin't for you but it was a pleasure for me.
Crux cigars are not easy to source and they are too small a company to buy their way into the top 25 rankings but for me this was a damn good non Cuban.
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