WOW! I smoked this today, and I'll tell you what. Knock off or not, it has been in my top 3 favorite smoked so far. I started of with only the very tip of the torpedo cut so I cut try to really get a good taste without overwhelming my near virgin taste buds. It tasted lightly peppered and even a weird cucumber finish...I don't know what that was all about, but the only taste I could relate to it was cucumber. The draw, of course, was way too tight on such a small cut so I cut it the rest of the way. It reminded me of an Opus with less pepper. I was very impressed. I wish I could find out which cigar it really is so I can buy a bunch of 'em. This was actually a great smoke!