Just had my first one of these last night. Was so impressed I decided to review.

FIrst, this is one beauty of a cigar. Very elegant band, gorgeous wrapper and I love the shape.

Lit very well (using a Davidoff match, no less). The first inch or so was not impressive, but by the beginning of the second inch a crescendo was beginning to build. As I smoked it down, I started to feel the strength of the cigar and sweat started to break out on my forehead (Ok that may have been the Balvenie Doublewood scotch, I admit).

About halfway down I detected my first hint of a spicy, peppery taste. By the time I got down to the last 1/3, it was a fantastically rich and pleasing spicy, peppery taste. By now, I was really sweating it out, but I nubbed it nonetheless.

I plan on buying at least five more of these and placing those babies in the humidor I use for aging. I bet in six months, they'll have toned down a bit and go from fantastic to out of this world. One of the finest smokes I have ever had, really.

The ash is very tight, sign of a great construction. I tried to tap off the first inch and gave up. Finally when it got down to about 1.5 inches a tap took it off, but had to tap several times. Draw is great throughout the smoking experience.