I just smoked one of these yesterday. I didn't have high hopes. The wrapper was very pale and didn't have any oily sheen. It looked and smelled to be a very mild cigar and I generally don't like them much. The pre-light draw was pretty unimpressive as well. Man was I ever wrong! This was a great smoke! Mild to medium, but with plenty of flavor! There was an almost vanilla like subtle sweetness and plenty of smoke. The aroma of the smoke was wonderful! I had this with a big cup of black hazelnut coffee brewed pretty strong. A great pairing. I smoked this one all the way down. It lost the subtle sweetness at the end. The smoke was stronger and had more earthy flavors at this point.

At any rate, I'd buy this DR smoke again in a heartbeat. I liked it as well, if not better than Cohiba Red dots. Very unusual yumminess for a cigar with such a light wrapper.