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Old 12-22-2006, 07:01 PM   #1
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Hight Cigar Co. Vintage Maduro Torpedo

CW member Chip Hight (pronounced "height") owns a small cigar shop in The Heights district on Houston's north side. He was running a Christmas special, so I picked up a few of his vintage maduros. They smelled really nice, so I decided to try one right away.

Chip has his vintage maduro line produced from aged Nicaraguan filler, with a 5-year old Nicaraguan maduro wrapper.

Appearance: Box-pressed torpedo, somewhat rustic, with a lightly veined maduro wrapper.

Pre-light: Draw a bit more open than I prefer, but the flavors were nice - pepper and spice prominent. Obviously uses a good quantity of ligero in the filler, because there's almost a little sting on the tongue.

Flavors: Black pepper and leather, with a toasty tobacco core. Medium-bodied, consistent throughout. Began with a faint harshness at the edge, but that quickly disappeared; slow smoking was rewarded with a smooth impression overall.

Burn: Dense smoke, even burn, requiring only minor touch-ups twice. Dark gray/black mottled ash.

Overall: I burned this one down to a 1" nub, and enjoyed it quite a bit, especially the middle third.

I picked these up because I believe in supporting local cigar businesses, but was pleasantly surprised. Fort the money Chip asks for these, they're quite a good value, IMO. Recommended.
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