Ashton VSG Spellbound

**EdgeMan** · 12-29-2009, 07:11 PM

Beautiful dark brown satiny finish dark wrapper,
Very nutty and woodsy... rich.
Veins are beautiful on this smoke.
One of the most aesthetically pleasing cigars i have ever seen IMHO.
The draw is great.
Some kind of cocoa or nut that I cannot put my palette on,
I taste it in every vsg, especially in the first third.
Slightly acidic.
What a rich creamy smooth taste, oh wow
has some kind of slightly bitter twang that I cannot put my finger on.
nose exhale very nice.
Goes awesome with french vanilla cappuccino
Lots of musky tobacco flavor.
An ever so slightly sweet musky.
Beautiful medium gray ash that hangs on about an inch and a half now.

Full rich body, much more tingly now, and nutty nutty nutty with some cocoa in there
unmistakeably flavored stogie.

Someone could hand me one while I was blindfolded and I would know that this is a VSG
strong musky tobacco finish smooth and wonderful all the way through. A great cigar.
This one is so good, I am going to burn my fingers.

Wonderful smoke. I love the spellbound size personally. I have tried the Wizard and the Torpedo and now the Spellbound and the spellbound is my favorite vitola so far.

Hope you enjoy my "noobiness" on the reviews.

**badwhale** · 12-29-2009, 09:12 PM

Nice pictures. You gotta love the VSG!

Will

**buzz** · 12-30-2009, 09:46 AM

Great review, makes me want to go get a box!

-Buzz

**slcraiders** · 12-30-2009, 11:15 AM

Nice review on a great cigar. VSGs are oftentimes forgotten, but never let you down.

**ashauler** · 12-30-2009, 11:42 AM

Nice review!! I agree, fantastic cigar that never lets me down.

slight threadjack-
Has anyone noticed serious wrapper color variations on these? I just recently picked up a few Corona Gorda's (my preferred size) and when I was putting them away, I noticed that they were slightly darker than my current stock of CG's,which didn't bother me much, but they are way....way...way...darker than the few Beli's and Torp's that I have. I haven't smoked any of the lighter shaded sticks, I'll have to do that soon and see if the flavor varies. I don't pick these up often and was curious if others have seen this.
/ threadjack off

**Roger** · 12-30-2009, 12:39 PM

Nice review. It seems like you are becoming a review maniac... Keep up the good work, I look forward to more! Roger.

**EdgeMan** · 12-30-2009, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by ashauler

Nice review!! I agree, fantastic cigar that never lets me down.

slight threadjack-
Has anyone noticed serious wrapper color variations on these? I just recently picked up a few Corona Gorda's (my preferred size) and when I was putting them away, I noticed that they were slightly darker than my current stock of CG's,which didn't bother me much, but they are way....way...way...darker than the few Beli's and Torp's that I have. I haven't smoked any of the lighter shaded sticks, I'll have to do that soon and see if the flavor varies. I don't pick these up often and was curious if others have seen this.
/ threadjack off

I noticed color variation between the Wizard and the Spellbound. The Spellbound was noticeably darker.

**victory01** · 01-01-2010, 04:53 PM

one of my all time favs! i had a sorcerer, so good with a french vanilla. i wanna try an enchantment.

definitely have to pull the trigger on a box of these one day