Review These - Reviews

[mauied1101]

Thanks SLC for the sticks to review - just a little post padding to get your attention on responding.

[slcraiders]

Thanks SLC for the sticks to review - just a little post padding to get your attention on responding.

Good work and reviews 1101. You are absolutely right on the more expensive cigar! The smokes were:

#1 Griffin's Special XXI Edition
#2 Ramon Allones Gustoso

[drew_goring]

WOXOF, have you had a chance to review the sticks that Paul sent you?

[WOXOF]

Cigar #1

Prelight - square pressed dark wrapper(maduro) looked great, had nice aroma and average draw.

1st Third - The cigar lit easy with no touch-ups, perfect draw(for me). Very pleasant taste from the first puff. I detected a little spice with some floral notes. It seemed medium bodied to me. Nice medium gray ash and a good worry free burn.

2nd Third - The perfect draw continued along with a great burn. The cigar seemed to pick up a little more spice and become slightly more full bodied(still what I would call medium). Overall pleasant taste and enjoyable with no harshness.

Last Third - Still a perfect draw and no burn issues. The flavor remained the same but seemed to return to a medium bodied smoke. With about two inches left it started quitting on me. I let it die a good death.


Overall a good cigar that I would buy depending on the price.


Cigar #2

Prelight - Dark square pressed same size as cigar #1, about 5 & 1/2". Had a barnyard smell to it. The cap was a little rough but held up after the cut.

1st Third - Easy light not touch-ups, draw was a little tight. It had a woodsy earthy taste with not much spice to it. I would say it was on the lighter side of medium bodied. Nice firm light gray ash.

2nd Third - Good worry free burn, draw was still just a little tighter than I prefer but didn't detract from the cigar. Flavor and strength didn't change much, still one dimentional with some hint of cedar.

Last Third - Same as the first two, it started getting a little bitter towards the end.

Overall an average cigar at best, I prefer a little more spice. The weather wasn't the best so I'm not sure if I smoked this one under ideal conditions.


Final Conclusion

I enjoyed cigar #1 more, I would say it was the more expensive of the two.

Guesses:
Cigar #1 - maybe an I.T. Super Fuerte
Cigar #2 - I'm lost on this one.

[WOXOF]

Bump - Finally got to the second cigar.

[CgarDan]

Cigar #1

A beautifull toro the color of dark chocolate. The cap looked a bit rough. The smell was ok but not spectacular. Construction looked qute good.

The cut was almost effortless and the wrapper stayed perfectly intact. Pre light draw was a bit tight but no signs of the cigar being plugged.

It took nicelly to the light and a pleasant aroma hit my nostrils. Started out with very smooth and creamy smoke full of chocolaty notes and some leathery undertones. This continued for about half of the stick and the rest was just as pleasant with a little spice showing up every once in a while. All throughout not even a note of harshness

Burn was also perfect with tight greyish white ash. The flavor started to disappear with about an inch or so left and I decided to let this one go out before my enjoyment would pass.

Overall a very nice experience and I think this was a 5 Vegas Serie A. At least I had a very similar experience with the last serie A that I had.

Review on # 2 to follow shortly ( hopefully sometime tom )

[WOXOF]

Good review Dan, I 'll let you know what it was after the second review.