MEGA Review: Halle (Avo 85th Anniversary Limited Edition 2011)

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Taste 2nd Third:
Tastes woodsy / nutty. Seems like a corojo wrapper. Medium body and full flavor. Oily residue on aftertaste. Medium power retrohale. Creamy. I'm likin' it. I'm torn between hondo / dr.	Spice went away, just soft wood now, pleasant but might be getting boring.
Little more hearty, earthy with some mild spice.	Not much developing but a serious life discussion with the neighbor. The review portion is out the window at this point.
Maybe I'm just not paying attention, but I needed to relight again.	Same (mild almost grassy) but a little less grass.
A bit of fresh grassy flavor came out. The spice on the finish has dulled quite a bit. Finish became leathery. Burn started to burn uneven. I decided to not touch it up and see what happens. The burn issue corrected itself. Ash became a little flaky. Mild.	More of the same (very mild to me, slight peppery hint on the exhale).
Earthiness. Slight burn issues have developed. About half way through the 2nd third, a very nice tobacco taste has replaced the earthiness. Excellent!	Nice, even burn. The taste just kind of died here. Not sure what's going on. Good amount of smoke, but where did the spice go? If there is something here, it was killed with the spice at the very beginning
The spice is a little more predominant but not harsh or anything this cigar is staying really smooth with a good flavor and nice smoke. Burn got a little wonky for a small amount of time but by the end of the second third had straightened out nicely without the need for any touch ups. Staying lit well. Good cigar so far that isn't requiring a lot of work to maintain.	Took me 30 minutes to get this far and technically I don't think I'm even in the 2/3rd yet. A little spicy now, still great smoke production and a little less flavor but still a lot.
Nutty taste at beginning of second third. Sweet tobacco and leather. Very tasty cigar.

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Taste 3rd Third:
Buttery with a little oil zing. Woodsy and nutty. Retrohale picking up with strength. Dry profile. Sill enjoying it. Oily aftertaste.	Got boring, taste isn't bad but it's just wood and very mild/muted.
Earthy.	Nice cigar. Three mules in and I'd be happy with pretty much any cigar at this point. I wish I had another one of these to give the proper amount of time to. Also, the picture taking went out the window with the arrival of company.
	Couldn't really pick anything out that caught my attention.
a relight around here. Spice picked back up. Grass and earthiness became subdued by prominent leather flavor. Taste became quite bitter at the begging of this 3rd but mellowed out half way through. More of a Medium bodied smoke now. The spice on the finish picked up more.	On the medium side now and much more enjoyable.
Eh.....the hell with it. I was too engrossed with the great smoke and good movie to worry about writing anything for you all!	Here we go - the spice is back. A little bit more/stronger tobacco flavor as well. Still billowing smoke, still an even burn throughout
Really enjoying this smoke. I found my Wasabi peas weren't really the right compliment though so I at one point I put the cigar down thinking I was done with it. Cleansed my palette and found to my delight after resting the small bit of harsh flavor i had found during the last third was completely gone and the cigar was still well lit and super smooth for me. Still hints of spice and wood with a little more of a dryness during this last third but it seemed to me to have gotten a bit more mellow and a little lighter. Lighter, mild cigars aren't usually my thing but I found it to be a good surprise here.	The uneven burn finally corrected itself. Great smoke.
Slight mint reappears, but oily. Thick creamy smoke with great tobacco taste.

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