I have smoked quite a lot of maduros. With that said this cigar was leathery and full of flavor (definitely gave a lot more flavor from the start when compared to some of the other sticks I have tried). After the first third the cigar started to come unraveled. I know that this was not due to a miss cut because I had used a punch cut and the cigar was completely intact while smoking the first third. Luckily I had bought two so I will give the stick another shot; hopefully the first outcome was just a fluke.
