Cohiba Puro Dominicano Toro

Smoke: Cohiba Puro Dominicana Toro
Drink: Pepsi - Barely touched it
Tunes: None
Location: Smoker's exile, Lot 11

Wrapper: DR
Binder: DR
Filler: DR
Draw: Just right, not too loose, not too tight
Burn: Required a few touch ups, probably due to wind
Misc: 75 minutes

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Pre-light: Toothy, few small veins, very dense, draw a little harder than I like it but not too tight. Smells like sweet tobacco.

Light: Easy. Smooth, mostly pepper, just a hint of coffee. A solid full body.

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1/3: Very creamy smoke. Pepper fading quickly off the bat into chocolate and leather. As the first third is coming to an end, the leather is fading rapidly and moving to kind of a peppery butter smoothness, I think, not exactly sure, but I like it! Initial ash fell off after I bumped it on my keyboard. Ash is flakey and white on the outside with grey spots. Had to touch it up 4 times during this third, probably due to the wind. Draw loosened up a little bit, perfect. Lots of thick, white smoke.

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2/3: Pepper butter is persisting. Now leaving a light dry oily aftertaste. Mellowed out a bit to med-full body. Chocolate coming back with a vengeance. Rotating cigar after each puff seems to help with the uneven burn.

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3/3: The chocolate had a lot of heart and put up a great fight, but the rest of pepper's spice friends jumped in and took over everything now. Tastes like I just lit a whole new cigar. Back to full body but still very creamy, save for a couple puffs at the beginning of this third. Forgot to rotate it, had to touch it up again. Hint of chocolate is taking it's final breaths now, the end is nigh. Chocolate was apparently doing the old rope-a-dope because it is now back on top. Pepper is gone. Had to touch up the burn again because I forgot to rotate it. A little bit of harshness for a couple of puffs, a quick purge and it is all back to creamy goodness.

Overall: This has been a great smoke! It is extremely complex and would probably better be reviewed in 6ths rather than 3rds with how much it is constantly changing. I started to get a very nice nicotine buzz at the beginning of the final third. The ash never held on for more than an inch, but that's more of a novelty factor for me anyway. I would say this was almost worth the $16 dollar price tag. If this were priced in the 11-13 dollar range, I would not hesitate to pick up some more, which seems to be the consensus on these from what I have read. I wasn't at all disappointed with it, but there are other smokes out there I would like to try before I get more of these at the current price. :smiley20:

Final rating out of 100: 95

This review format shamelessly ripped off from BW:smiley37:

Nice review.

I never pick up Cohibas due to their "popularity" but this one sounds good.

Will

Nice review. Excellent documentation.

I would agree that some popular brands are overpriced in the sense that comparable quality and flavor profile can be obtained at lower price points. My reason for steering clear of this brand is... I can't pronounce it.

Nice review. Imho, most of the time it seems you get what you pay for. Glad you enjoyed this cigar. Roger.

Thanks for the DOMINICAN puro review:smiley36:. No, seriously... ...I would love to try these, but not at their current price point. Well reviewed, Eville!

I tried one of these not too long ago, without thinking about the price I think that you're right on the money with your rating. When I factor in the price though it drops to 89 for me. There are a lot of cigars out there that are cheaper and just as enjoyable!

My rating is based solely on the cigars performance. I think that if you add price in as a factor it becomes a value rating rather than a rating of just the cigar. If I were doing a value rating, it would be about what you got.

Totally agree with you that if you are doing an unbiased review you shouldn't include the cost. If I was wealthy all of my reviews would be like that! :smiley5:

A really good review regardless, I think that the BW system is becoming a standard on the forum! :smiley20: