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So here we go, my first cigar review. Possibly the longest thing I have written since I left college!
I am very new to cigar smoking, so this may be a bit random but here goes.
I bought this stick 3 weeks ago from my local, The Black Swan Tobacconist in Scarborough. It was a little dry when I got it, but 3 weeks with the tube lid loosened in my Jarador seemed to have sorted this cigar out.
The cigar smelt great in the tube. Lots of sweet hay and vanilla scents, and a good hit of cedar. The wrapper was smooth and a lovely caramel tone.
Disappointingly it didn't cut well with my V-cutter, the cap seemed brittle and flakey which I out down to it not having been stored very well before I bought it, but I cleaned it up with my guillotine and persevered.
The pre-light taste was mild, but clearly of dried green hay and dried fruit, cedar and perhaps a hint of alcohol? It seemed a bit dry again, but not overly so.
The stick lit quickly and cleanly and began to smoke in a very crisp line. The ash was a little odd, dark grey and yellow-ey rather than a cleaner white or pale grey. There wasn't bucketfuls of smoke, and the draw was quite tight but this loosened up as it progressed.
The first third varied on with the dried fruit and an earthy vanilla taste, with the smoke having a thick and creamy feel to it. Very mild but enjoyable. I smoked this while walking our labradoodle and had to break off to pick up poop a couple of times which certainly marred the 1st third!
The hay and raisin taste continued through the mid point, but gave way to an earthier taste, almost oatey or nutty. This was follows by a lovely "chocolate digestive" flavour on the exhale, and an almost marzipan nuttiness. The creaminess was becoming more spiced with a more substantial mouth feel, but continued with sweetness throughout. It was giving a better amount of smoke now and it's scent was delicious, but it's clean burn had become a bit wragged and it needed touching up once.
The last 1/3 became considerably more spicey. Spicey in this context is for me imore of a mouth feel than taste. This was particularly evident on the retro hale. Some bitterness was creeping in, but not too much. Again I put this down to some dryness, and wasn't helped by having to relight once.
I dropped the nub into a puddle of muddy water with a satisfying "hiss" when I had had enough. The stick had developed an almost minty mouth feels I had had my fill.
TL;DR -
Lit well
Burned a bit wragged at times
Re light
A bit tight, a few very good spots
Not a huge amount of smoke
Very pleasant smoke, great for my sweet tooth. Nutty, oats, hay, dried fruit, chocolate biscuit. Vanilla.
let me know what you think of the review - be gentle, I'm sensitive!
I am very new to cigar smoking, so this may be a bit random but here goes.
I bought this stick 3 weeks ago from my local, The Black Swan Tobacconist in Scarborough. It was a little dry when I got it, but 3 weeks with the tube lid loosened in my Jarador seemed to have sorted this cigar out.
The cigar smelt great in the tube. Lots of sweet hay and vanilla scents, and a good hit of cedar. The wrapper was smooth and a lovely caramel tone.
Disappointingly it didn't cut well with my V-cutter, the cap seemed brittle and flakey which I out down to it not having been stored very well before I bought it, but I cleaned it up with my guillotine and persevered.
The pre-light taste was mild, but clearly of dried green hay and dried fruit, cedar and perhaps a hint of alcohol? It seemed a bit dry again, but not overly so.
The stick lit quickly and cleanly and began to smoke in a very crisp line. The ash was a little odd, dark grey and yellow-ey rather than a cleaner white or pale grey. There wasn't bucketfuls of smoke, and the draw was quite tight but this loosened up as it progressed.
The first third varied on with the dried fruit and an earthy vanilla taste, with the smoke having a thick and creamy feel to it. Very mild but enjoyable. I smoked this while walking our labradoodle and had to break off to pick up poop a couple of times which certainly marred the 1st third!
The hay and raisin taste continued through the mid point, but gave way to an earthier taste, almost oatey or nutty. This was follows by a lovely "chocolate digestive" flavour on the exhale, and an almost marzipan nuttiness. The creaminess was becoming more spiced with a more substantial mouth feel, but continued with sweetness throughout. It was giving a better amount of smoke now and it's scent was delicious, but it's clean burn had become a bit wragged and it needed touching up once.
The last 1/3 became considerably more spicey. Spicey in this context is for me imore of a mouth feel than taste. This was particularly evident on the retro hale. Some bitterness was creeping in, but not too much. Again I put this down to some dryness, and wasn't helped by having to relight once.
I dropped the nub into a puddle of muddy water with a satisfying "hiss" when I had had enough. The stick had developed an almost minty mouth feels I had had my fill.
TL;DR -
Lit well
Burned a bit wragged at times
Re light
A bit tight, a few very good spots
Not a huge amount of smoke
Very pleasant smoke, great for my sweet tooth. Nutty, oats, hay, dried fruit, chocolate biscuit. Vanilla.
let me know what you think of the review - be gentle, I'm sensitive!
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