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[DrBob]

Cigar #1 Humidity: ? (62% revealed after test)

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Nose: slight hint of hay and sweet tobacco

The Cigar does not appear oily at all, and is toothy. Cigar took a punch nicely and had an easy draw. cold draw was sweet and had a hint of hay.

First 1/3:

Initial taste was sweet with a slight hint of hay which quickly turned creamy with light leather and a noticeable sweetness. Cigar held a nice even burn throughout the first third and ashed at about 2 inches. The cigar produced large volumes of fragrant sweet smelling smoke, and towards the end of the first third settled nicely into light leather with an underlying sweetness.

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Second 1/3

Leather begins to intensify and occasional bursts of pepper begin to edge in. The cigar is still sweet and smokey. Ash again held for about 2 inches and sweet and spicy overtones continued with increasing leather and deepening flavors towards the end of the the second third.

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Last 1/3

Intensifying leather, more prominent pepper, and subtle sweetness hangs in though diminishing, towards the last inch some earthiness began to creep in. I reluctantly nubbed the cigar at 1 hour and 21 minutes, which is fast for me.

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Overall notes:

The cigar had a firm white ash which required minimal work to keep on the cigar. I had no relights and smoked the cigar at a faster than normal rate. I found the cigar to have decent complexity, excellent burn, and overall it burned perhaps a bit hotter than I normally prefer. I often have to double puff, and relight cigars, and this one I could easily get all the smoke and keep it burning with single big puffs.