What A Year+ can do (Multiple Reviews)

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Alright, today I picked the Graycliff 1666. I was going to grab the Diesel but wasn't sure I had enough time to give it a fair smoke. The first time I smoked this I really liked the flavors but about 1/4 of the way in it went total dirt in the mouth nasty bomb on me. Last time I smoked this was 11/30/13 so this one has a little longer on it.



The construction feels good. You can really tell it is a lightly packed cigar, really doesn't weigh very much at all. Light it up no issues starts spitting a ton of smoke right away



1/3 of the way in. I cant decide if the cigar is burning really fast or if I'm puffing more to deal with the stress of the gf's driving. This smoke has a really great sweetness to it. Reminds me of some kind of candy but really can't pinpoint it. All I know is at this point I'm glad I have 3 more.



Half way through in under 40 minutes. Very fast burn time. The cigar is still pumping the nice sweetness to compliment tobacco undertones. I really can't think of any other Graycliffs I ever felt like were good. So this one has me in a shock.



At the hour point I have a little less then a third left as you can see^ The problem showed its ugly head in the last third. Like the first time the awesome flavors completely died off. Immediately started tasting like a mouthfull of dirt. With only another 5 mins. to go I decided to throw it out.

Wrapping things up, so far, this Graycliff has been the best of the 5 so far for putting a solid year rest on it. Really enjoyed it until the last third. No clue what I paid for this 5er but would recommend anyone to set these down if you can score them for cheap

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This morning I lit up the D.7 maduro gordo. I will preface this review with I do not smoke this size cigar hardly ever. 7 in. is too long to keep me paying attention. So i figured a 3 hour drive would force me to be interested.



Before I lit the cigar I noticed how light it was for such a big cigar. This usually means light packing so I wondered how long it would burn and if it would lead to any burns issues. The first time I smoked this cigar I really like the flavors but had to correct the burn more than I would of preferred. Right away the cigar starts smoking a lot and I got a great sweetness to compliment a dark expressoy nut flavor.



1/3 of the way in I am enjoying the cigar. A lot of the flavors I'm getting remind me of a Liga 9. Stand out flavors and a lot of smoke. Even the wrapper is leaving hints of tobacco oils on my finger tips.



Nothing really changes from the 1/3 mark to the last third. Everything stays like its been until the burn issues strike. At the final third mark the cigar has been going a little over two hours. The second I re light it to correct the burn all the flavors as anticipated change to a hot earthy flavor. So for me, I was ready to put it down.

I really feel like this cigar aged well. I don't remember it reminding me of a liga 9 the first time I had it so I would say resting had something to do with that.
@Tombstone you said you wanted to see what I thought

I will probably seek out a few robustos and maybe a box to sit on for awhile.