This stogy had a dark oily wrapper, thin vein, tightly rolled, doesn’t feel spongy, not much of an aroma coming off of it pre light. The “Cut and a light”, kicks off with some earthy sweetness and pepper which seems well balanced, maybe a little bit of espresso and bakers high cocoa chocolate flavor. Doesn’t seem full bodied at this point. Nice smoke output. The draw is effortless and open. The smoke is smooth and the burn seems slow and even. The second third brings in some creamy dark chocolate sweetness and the pepper fades slightly, it gets a sight more mellow. The advertisement on this cigar says full bodied but it seems, to me anyway, to be a high medium body, seems more full flavored than full body. A little smooth black pepper coming through the retro hale. The burn line has become a little wavy but no major touch ups. Dense white ash that held on for an inch and a half, small amount of flaking. The final third the chocolate has dropped off a bit and earth, wood and pepper is the main flavor profile. The body has become fuller with a little more strength. The retro hale is slightly more bitter now and woodsy. It has heated up a bit now as well. The smoke time on this for me was an hour and twenty five minutes. Overall the almost $9 price for this smoke, I think, is a bit high, and the full body claim, was a bit lacking.
