Sometimes you just get a poorly made cigar. It happens to every cigar maker even(contrary to popular belief) Fuente. God thing about buying high end smokes from a local retailer is you can return them and chat with the owner. When you buy stuff like Gurkha Extra Fuerte Churchill ect ect you get poorly handled and stored cigars from the goons at cigars international . yeah I got an axe to grind with CI if you havent already noticed LOL