Cigar Weekly

gumby · 03-17-2002, 05:05 PM

I have wanted to try one of these for some time now. I pulled one from Dan's boxpass and decided today was the day. Great looking cigar. Initial taste lived up to the advance billing. GREAT cuban earthiness, nice smoke though a little tight on the draw. I was pretty sure I had found my newest favorite. But after 1/4 it went downhill. The draw became next to impossible and it kept going out. Dare I say it, I was actually wishing I had one of those silly draw pokers. I had to huff so hard just to get any smoke that it developed bitterness. A very disappointing ending to a promising smoke. I won't jusge a cigar based upon one, but if i did I was only give this a 2 out of 5. Maybe in the future I will try one again, but based on this experience I will be hard pressed to buy another one. Maybe in Spain I can find a reasonably priced one to try.

"The Texans were my best soldiers. Not once did I see their backs in battle" Robert E. Lee

03-17-2002, 05:05 PM	#1
gumby Contributing Editor MOM November 2012 Emeritus Honorary MOM November 2021 Herf God Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 47,284	I have wanted to try one of these for some time now. I pulled one from Dan's boxpass and decided today was the day. Great looking cigar. Initial taste lived up to the advance billing. GREAT cuban earthiness, nice smoke though a little tight on the draw. I was pretty sure I had found my newest favorite. But after 1/4 it went downhill. The draw became next to impossible and it kept going out. Dare I say it, I was actually wishing I had one of those silly draw pokers. I had to huff so hard just to get any smoke that it developed bitterness. A very disappointing ending to a promising smoke. I won't jusge a cigar based upon one, but if i did I was only give this a 2 out of 5. Maybe in the future I will try one again, but based on this experience I will be hard pressed to buy another one. Maybe in Spain I can find a reasonably priced one to try. "The Texans were my best soldiers. Not once did I see their backs in battle" Robert E. Lee __________________ I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson