Nub Cameroon Review

[Laynard]

10/5/2014

Cigar: Nub Cameroon 466
Size: Torpedo, 4.0”x66 (Box-pressed)
MSRP: $6.80
Strength: Medium-Full
Wrapper: Cameroon
Origin: Nicaragua



Prelight: This cigar is all sorts of beat up. Foot damage and a few wrapper tears mar the cigar. It is fairly soft and squishy to the touch, indicating a possibility of being under-filled. The wrapper smells like dusty cedar and the foot has a light, powdered cocoa scent. The cold draw after a straight cut is loose and tastes of dusty cedar. Hopefully this cigar tastes better than it looks.



1/3: The Nub Cameroon starts off with lots of cedar and pepper, putting off lots of smoke from both the foot and with each puff, despite the loose draw. There seems to also be an underlying flavor of hay to the cigar, and maybe some nuts. As the first third progresses with a fairly straight burn, the spiciness intensifies.



2/3: The second third is reached much quicker than when I smoked the Nub Maduro, burning hotter as well. The spiciness rescinds a bit, but I still get a profile of pepper, cedar, nuts and maybe even a hint of cream. There is a dusty mouth feel to the smoke. The burn goes a bit awry and I taste mostly cream and nuts. I touch up the wrapper and pepper and spice comes back in full force, clearly a flavor of the wrapper.



3/3: The final third is the spiciest third. All I am tasting is pepper, other spices, and nuts. The burn is still pretty hot, but the cigar doesn’t get bitter, just spicier.

Overall: A nice pepper bomb that burns quicker than expected. Some good flavors, but with the shortness of the cigar, they have no chance to evolve; they just get more intense. Not bad, but between this and the Maduro, I’ll take the Maduro. However, this cigar would be able to be paired with a strong drink like scotch very easily.

[Cardinal]

I've smoked a few of these, but it's been a long time. I remember getting some cinnamon in addition to what you noted, but I've mostly had long, cool smokes so your slightly underfilled one might have taken on some different taste just due to the hotter burn.

This is the cigar that turned me on to Cameroon wrappers, and while my tastes have changed a little I still enjoy the leaf. I think I have 1 of these Nubs left that's got to be coming up on 2 years old and your review makes me want to smoke it. Thanks!