CI Legends Copper (Drew Estate)

[mills]

Size: 5.75 x 54

Appearance: Excellent construction, wrapper was smooth, slightly firm to the touch.

Prelight: Scent of the wrapper was sweet, almost like cherries. Cut well, draw was good, couldn't pick up much flavor (normally don't). The actual taste of the wrapper was slightly sweet. Not like maduro sweet, flavored sweet. It was nice.

Smoke: Good volume of smoke. Taste was consistent for pretty much the whole cigar, but I couldn't really identify any flavors. Also, in contrast to the smell of the cigar prelight, I couldn't taste anything sweet, just kind of a general, mild-medium tobacco.

Misc: A few minor burn touchups, they might have corrected themselves, but I was impatient. Also, it went out a little less than 2/3 into it, and I had to relight.

Overall: This cigar wasn't as bad as the other flavored cigars that I've tried, which seem to hide a bad taste with a sweet tasting wrapper. However, I wasn't really impressed with the smoke itself. I can't confess to having anything like a refined palette though. Like I said, this was the best smoking flavored cigar I've tried so far, so if you like them you might want to give it a shot. I would smoke one again, but I wouldn't buy one.

Rating: 5.5-6

[JFellows]

I did a review on this for a different site. I got mine from probably the same sampler as yours (the CI Sorry You Missed It package). I can honestly say that this was the worst tasting cigar I've had since my days of smoking Phillie Blunts 3-4 years ago. The construction, burn, etc were all perfect, but the flavor was of a sickly candied ultra-sweet cherry/raspberry, the finish was of a sour/rotten cough syrup, etc. I chucked it after less than an inch, because the flavor was so sickeningly sweet and disgusting. The only reason I smoked it in the first place was to get it out of my humidor and to prevent it from fusing with my other cigars. This thing was definitely a Phillie Blunt hiding inside of what looked to be a premium cigar. I wouldn't smoke another one of these things if I was fucking PAID to do so.

[mills]

This thing was definitely a Phillie Blunt hiding inside of what looked to be a premium cigar. I wouldn't smoke another one of these things if I was fucking PAID to do so.

Well, I didn't think it was that bad, but I agree, so far the flavored cigars I've had seem to hide crappy tobacco behind a sweet wrapper. If the smoke actually tasted as good as the wrapper, maybe they'd have something.

[Alan C.]

I almost threw up after the Copper. The tobacco was great, but the sweetness of the thing was horrible.