Looking at this cigar i anticipated a memorable smoke ; oily wrapper, lovely smell to it. On smoking though i was dissapointed, a harsh aftertaste in the back of my throat that is present, but much less intrusive on larger ring gauge bolivars. it draws well, burns evenly and slowly, but it also had a nasty build up of tar at the butt from 1/2 way down. on the whole i made an error smoking this in the morning, it'd be nicer after dinner with a sipping drink.