Illusione Singulare 2010 ~ Phantom

[badwhale]

Smoke: Illusione Singulare 2010 Phantom
Drink: Yuengling Porter
Tunes: none

Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Draw: Light to medium
Burn: problematic
Misc: N/A

Pre-light: Nice Colorado shade wrapper with excellent construction. Has a nice tobacco / musty scent at the foot. Nice light sweet tobacco ring on the cut prelight taste.



Light: Pretty easy using a cedar splint. Light to medium draw.

1st 3rd: What I call a woodsy nutty flavor. A touch of oil, and surprisingly mellow spice less flavor. Kinda on the milder side right now. Smooth and buttery. Medium flavor.



Ash: Flakey and loose. Dark gray and charcoal. Holds on for 1 ¼”



2nd 3rd: Woodsy and oily. Good flavor but I’m having tunneling issues. Purge and continue.



3rd 3rd: More tunneling. Oily mostly now. Yoda speaking, I am. Stilly pretty mellow, but lacking the depth / flavor development I expect from Illusione.



Overall impression: I won’t be looking for more of these LE Illusiones.

Thanks Denver24 for the opportunity to try this! Wish your IT guys would let you log on some more!

Will

[buzz]

Thanks for the review, I've smoked fivers of the cg4, f9, and mj12 and all three were hit/miss. When they hit they are fantastic though.

[ashauler]

I've not had a bad HL, and tend to stick with that vitola. I have had issues with burn on the cg4's as well.

[Mizicke5273]

I'm about through a box of the mj12s and been through a box of 88s, neither really had burn issues. Now, I've lit them uneven a few times, but no tunneling or plain bad burns.

Just my experience.


I thought these Singulares were supposed to be good?

[steffanan]

No matter the taste, a burn like that can make a cigar a stressful hour or two.