Go Back   Cigar Weekly Community Forums and Discussion Groups > Smoking Post > Cigar Reviews

Cigar Reviews This room is for organized blind reviews, individual reviews by CW Members and reviews entered into the database that the Editors feel are particularly well done.

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 02-14-2023, 06:57 PM   #1
jefslat
CW WarCraft God
CW Special Correspondent
Editor at Large
Predominant CW Ambassador
Herf God
 
jefslat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: San Antonio de Bexar
Posts: 38,899
OSCAR VALLADERAS 10TH ANNIVERSARY TORO

This cigar has a very smooth San Andreas wrapper with an inch of Candela on the closed foot. The cold draw is very tight, maybe because of the closed foot; it opens up to perfect once lit.



The initial flavors are somewhat dominated by the Candela wrap with light to medium Honduran flavors. Touches of earthiness and oak are detected. The ash is mottled grey. The burn starts off a little uneven.



In the first third the wrapper transitions from the Calenda to the San Andreas. The body of the smoke changes from light medium to medium full. The earth and oak flavors are more pronounced. The ash develops one flake that falls off easily, otherwise it is solid. The burn has evened out.



During the second third the flavor profile gets spices from the San Andreas wrapper; a medium black pepper note. The ash splits and will bear watching. The burn remains even.



Approaching the final inch the flavor profile remains rich with the pepper notes dropping slightly. The ash after tapping off the split is back to normal and the burn remains even.

Overall a very interesting smoke with the wrapper transition. The body has progressed to full; more of what you would expect from the San Andreas wrapper. Very good complexity and good construction except for the ash issues. 9.2/10, Joe Bob says check it out.
__________________
El Gringo permanence...

El perro, el perro, es mi corazon.
El gato, el gato, el gato no es bueno.
El Jefe es cantante,
El Jefe es muy famoso
El Jefe es el hombre con el queso del diablo.

El perro, el perro, nunca sin raison
El gato, el gato, el gato es obseno
El Jefe es caliente, El Jefe es carinoso
El Jefe le da besos mejor que su esposo

What Would TOJE Do? ̃ £
jefslat is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Oscar Valladeras Cicerone Edition jefslat Cigar Reviews 0 06-27-2019 12:40 PM
Altar Q 14 by Oscar Valladeras jefslat Cigar Reviews 0 07-23-2018 05:55 PM
2012 Connecticut Piramide by Oscar Valladeras jefslat Cigar Reviews 0 04-11-2018 06:07 AM


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:16 PM.