Nivek's Blind Review Team Cigar #1

[nivek]

First off, I was suprised by some of the comments but thats why we do these things! here is the ratings for cigar #1

Spiridon:Cigar #1

Aesthetics: This cigar had a smooth, dry, medium to dark brown wrapper.....almost had a "brown marbelized" look about it
Score for aesthetics: 3 of 5

Construction: Very solid feel to it with no soft spots and a nice "heft" seeming to indicate a well filled cigar.
After clipping the cap cleanly, the pre-light draw was exactly the way I like it......easy, but with a bit of resistance.
Upon lighting, I found the ash to be very firm, solid, and a very light grey(almost white). This cigar had a very "distinctive" pre-light
smell to it.....kind of made me think I may be in for a "green tasting" smoke.
Score for construction: 4 of 5

Flavor and Strength: Boy was I surprised!! This baby started out hitting on all 8 cylinders and never let up! I love the strength of this
cigar which gave me the sinus and tongue tingle that I like. If you like spicy, you need to get yourself some of these.
This cigar produced a large volume of smoke, and the Flavor/Strength ratio was very much to my liking. I would call this a Full
stength/Med-full flavored smoke......and SPICY.
The flavor and strength stayed fairly even throughout. I finally had to get my "BigO Toothpick"
to finish this baby down to the nub!
Score for flavor and strength: 5 of 5

General Comments: This cigar ROCKS! I loved it. It will be hard to "follow" this cigar as it has all the characteristics I like in a
cigar. Reminded me of an ERH or Mayorga H.O. Whoever contributed this sample.......you and I share the same tastes. I will
certainly be getting me some of these.
Overall score for the cigar: 4 of 5

Recommendation: I would Highly recommend this to anyone looking for a "kick-Ass" spicy smoke.


NatGolfer:Aesthetics: Natural wrapper, lightly veined, well constructed, nice aroma

Score: 4

Construction: Well constructed, tightly packed, very pleasing aroma prior to lighting, took
cut well, good draw - not too hard or easy, lit easily, ample volume of smoke, cigar got
significantly softer, but not spongy, after 1/2", slightly uneven burn, dark gray flaky ash,
slight "Cuban curl" to ash, held initial ash to 1 1/2"

Score: 3

Flavor and Strength:
Flavor was somewhat thin, woody, with perhaps a hint of cedar. Very one dimensional. Bitter
toward the end. Lightly metallic aftertaste.

Strength was very mild to mild. No "kick" whatsoever.

Score: 2

General comments: Perhaps a good first smoke of the day for a smoker who enjoys lighter,
milder cigars. Much too mild for my tastes. I personally wouldn't buy this cigar.

Overall score for the cigar: 3

Recommendations: Possibly recommended. Not a terrible cigar, but certainly didn't live up to
the level of construction and appearance. Overall - disappointing.


Clone-K:1 Aesthetics: 3.0 of 5.0

This was a slightly veiny maduro, with a fairly nice oily sheen. Very smooth wrapper, with a
nice looking cap. Mine had two very noticeable veins that kept it from being a very nice
little package.

2.Construction: 4 of 5

Fairly solid cigar. No soft spots that I could feel before or during the smoke. Seamed fairly
well rolled, and it had a very nice draw. Nice firm ash that was grey to black in color.
First 2/3’s of the cigar had a nearly cool draw, but the final third was warm bordering on
hot. Burnt perfectly even, all the way down.

3. Flavor and Strength: 2.5 of 5

The first third of this cigar was very good. A nice spicy and coffee flavor, with some woody
hints to boot. The middle third mellowed out quickly. It was also was very one dimensional at
this point with a pronounced coffee flavor. The final third was in a word, bad. It became
harsh with an almost nasty tobacco taste. I didn’t finish the final third because I didn’t
want it to tarnish the good experience the first half presented. But the damage was already
done.

4. General Comments: 9.5 of 15 final score

This was decent to border line good cigar up to the final third of the cigar. I liked it all
the way up to that point. It was a well constructed cigar with a beautiful maduro flavor for
the most part. I’ve never had a cigar go so quickly south on me before. The first half had me
guessing it was a Hoyo De Monterrey product. That could explain the final third. Then again I
may have just got unlucky.

5.Recommendation:

I would possibly recommend this cigar to others. If the price was right, I would have no
problem smoking one again. But if it gets bad again I would throw it away much sooner. All in
all it was a good experience.


Grinnin:Aesthetics: 4

Corona size cigar, good-looking medium/dark brown (sungrown?) or colorado maduro wrapper with a nice sheen. A couple noticeable veins,
and a funny little bump under the wrapper. Well applied cap.

Construction: 4.5

Well rolled, firm with a couple small soft spots that did not affect the burn at all. Dark grey solid ash. Excellent even burn and great draw.

Flavor and strength: Flavor 4 strength 6 on a scale of 1-5.

Slightly odd pre light smell, kind of sweet and sour. This was a potent cigar right off the bat. I am not a mild cigar wimp, and this cigar socked
me with a nicotine punch!! Intriguing flavor profile. Deep flavor with a consistently slightly sour but still pleasant tang. Some lightly roasted
coffee-like flavor came and went along with a few other flavors I could not put a name on. The smoke became predominantly toasty and
woody. Despite the strength and flavor, this cigar had a relatively short finish. I wanted a more lingering aftertaste.

General comments: (overall score 4.4)

Don’t smoke this on an empty stomach!! This is one powerful little cigar! Honestly it was a bit too much for me. I enjoyed the flavors, but
didn’t need to smoke the whole thing in order to get the bed spins and cold and sweaty. I got about 2/3- ¾ through it.

Recommendation. Definitely worth a try (recommended) if you like a lot of nicotine. The flavors are enjoyable.


Nivek already knew what this cigar was so i might be a little biased!

Aesthetics: 4.2

Very nice looking corona with a nice dark corojo wrapper, Very uniform in color with a slighty oily sheen!

Construction: 4.0

Well made solid cigar, very nice shape and beautiful cap. Great Draw and lots of smoke!

Flavor and strength: 4.0

From the start a strong peppery flavor and a Strong strenth to this cigar! It was a little one dimentional but had a nice cedary finish! This is a powerhouse not for the timid!

Overall score 4.1

General Comments: Like I said its strong, I did wish for a little more complexity but I will always have these around!

Highly recommend

And now for the totals

Aesthetics: 3, 4, 3, 4, 4.2 total 3.6

Construction: 4, 3, 4, 4.5, 4 total 3.9

Flavor/strength 5, 2, 3.2, 4.4, 4.2 total 3.7

Overall: 4, 3, 3.2, 4.4, 4.2 total 3.76

Cigar #1 was a Comacho Corojo Nationales

I was shocked that one person siad it was mild! Great reviews guys, Get #2 in as soon as possible, if you have not done so already, so i can post those too!


Moved for Nivek!

Edited by - TOJE on 04/30/2002 7:20:13 PM