The Romeo sucked! Hope you have better luck Dan. Mine had soft spots and the whole cigar became very mushy at about 4 fingers. Started a little bitter and went plain strong tobacco. Very loose prelight. Lots of smoke and mellowed a bit about half way. Was still open minded at this point. Then started to give burnt skanky foulness. Went out in my mouth. The construction and spongyness reminded me of one of those POS Sauza cigars. Burn problems to boot. Presentation and banding are nice, but so is the Sauza. I'll stick with the Romeo Reserve Maduro.