Cohiba Siglo I - NRG 5/05

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A big taste in a small package! This petit corona is wrapped with a silky brown wrapper with minimal veins. Great prelight aroma. Excellent construction without soft spots. Easy light. Perfect draw. Even burn without the need for corrections or relights. Gray black ash. Tons of blue-white smoke. Started with grass and white pepper, and then melded its way into notes of vanilla, milky coffee, grass, and herbs in the first third. In the middle third, flavors of cocoa, worn leather, and wood were built on the grassy foundation. In the last third, a toasted tobacco taste was prominent. All in all, this 30 minute medium-full bodied smoke with a box code NRG 5/05 was a tasty firecracker. Much less pepper and spice than the Party Short, but distinctly more complex. Its youth was apparent by the tannic undertones which ran the course of the stick, but it was still enjoyable nonetheless. Would buy more for sure!