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I really like maduros and I'm yet to find one that I like more than this one. The cigar pours flavour but it starts even before it's lit; it starts in the box.
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I remember back when I was a kid (cue the brass band music from the Hovis adverts), back in the good old 70s, when on Christmas day my mother would open her favourite chocolates (Black Magic) and allow us kids to choose one. The dark chocolate, cocoa smell from the box was enticing, rich and filled your nostrils and it's the same kind of smell you get when you open a box of these cigars.
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The wrappers are dark even for a maduro, oily and toothy with no prominent veins and they're complemented by two bands which really set the cigars off, giving a 'rich' appearance. The cigar is well packed, firm from head to foot with no noticeable give.
Pre-light draw and aroma gives plenty of coffee, cocoa and pepper spice. I'm yet to have one of these which is plugged, the draw is snug but isn't too tight.
No problems lighting it.
From the off there's spice and dark chocolate. The spice is quite prominent in the first couple of draws but then subsides and the chocolate / cocoa taste comes to the fore but the spice remains.
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There's no real change in flavour in the first third, the dark chocolate, cocoa taste is there throughout with the spice. There's a hint of nut coming through towards the end of the first third while it pours smoke and flavour consistently.
Into the second third the nut is more noticeable, but in the background still, with the dark chocolate taste continuing to dominate and the pepper still in there too.
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Into the last third the chocolate takes a back seat to pepper but is still there along with the nutiness. There's a noticeable change up in the strength here too. Previously the strength had been medium but it's transitioned to full; the first time I smoked this cigar the strength sneaked up on me at this point and knocked me on my arse.
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The cigar remained cool to the end though the flavours began to sour so I put it down.
The burn skewed a little, twice, but corrected itself on both occasions. There's a lovely white ash to the cigar which was quite firm and dropped at just over the inch mark (I was smoking it outside).
The cigar poured smoke and flavour throughout and although there weren't any huge transitions I found a level of complexity with the cigar that I enjoyed and while it held my attention it didn't demand it though I have smoked quite a few of these. Smoking time was 1 hour 20 minutes.
I really like maduros and I'm yet to find one that I like more than this one. The cigar pours flavour but it starts even before it's lit; it starts in the box.
DSC_0755.jpg
I remember back when I was a kid (cue the brass band music from the Hovis adverts), back in the good old 70s, when on Christmas day my mother would open her favourite chocolates (Black Magic) and allow us kids to choose one. The dark chocolate, cocoa smell from the box was enticing, rich and filled your nostrils and it's the same kind of smell you get when you open a box of these cigars.
DSC_0756.jpgDSC_0757.jpg
The wrappers are dark even for a maduro, oily and toothy with no prominent veins and they're complemented by two bands which really set the cigars off, giving a 'rich' appearance. The cigar is well packed, firm from head to foot with no noticeable give.
Pre-light draw and aroma gives plenty of coffee, cocoa and pepper spice. I'm yet to have one of these which is plugged, the draw is snug but isn't too tight.
No problems lighting it.
From the off there's spice and dark chocolate. The spice is quite prominent in the first couple of draws but then subsides and the chocolate / cocoa taste comes to the fore but the spice remains.
DSC_0759.jpg
There's no real change in flavour in the first third, the dark chocolate, cocoa taste is there throughout with the spice. There's a hint of nut coming through towards the end of the first third while it pours smoke and flavour consistently.
Into the second third the nut is more noticeable, but in the background still, with the dark chocolate taste continuing to dominate and the pepper still in there too.
DSC_0763 (1).jpg
Into the last third the chocolate takes a back seat to pepper but is still there along with the nutiness. There's a noticeable change up in the strength here too. Previously the strength had been medium but it's transitioned to full; the first time I smoked this cigar the strength sneaked up on me at this point and knocked me on my arse.
DSC_0764.jpg
The cigar remained cool to the end though the flavours began to sour so I put it down.
The burn skewed a little, twice, but corrected itself on both occasions. There's a lovely white ash to the cigar which was quite firm and dropped at just over the inch mark (I was smoking it outside).
The cigar poured smoke and flavour throughout and although there weren't any huge transitions I found a level of complexity with the cigar that I enjoyed and while it held my attention it didn't demand it though I have smoked quite a few of these. Smoking time was 1 hour 20 minutes.
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