This evening I smoked the Aurora Brazil. Toasting produced a pleasurable hint of salty "Old World" flavour with a subtle note of roasting nuts.
The dark sun grown Sumatra wrapper was not as smooth or oily as one might expect, and had a couple pronounced veins but certainly were not unfavorable. Old World cigar with an Old World appearance. Why not?
I immediately tasted the saltiness on the wrapper that I noticed when toasting. Not too much, maybe just right (matter of opinion). Maybe the person rolling this cigar was eating Doritos and licked the wrapper to stick it down. I'll never know.
The draw was close to perfect. The burn not so great. It burned uneven most way through and the ash was far less than perfect, flaking and black in places.
However, the taste never let me down. Start to finish, it had a somewhat spicy, peppery, a little woody, and most delicious flavour. One could be hungry and enjoy this cigar.
And, it was a finger burner. I smoked that little puppy till I could no longer hold it.
Finally, I would give this Aurora Brazil a 9 on a scale of 1-10.
I look forward to the Camaroon, Corojo and Connecticut.
At around 6 bucks a very good value.