This is a 6 x 50 Nicaraguan Puro. It's a beautifully constructed, heavy in the hand cigar. The three that I tried before starting to write were all remarkably different.
May 9th, 2024: The first cigar from the box was a very impressive specimen; beautifully rolled with a silky texture and quite solid in the hand. Draw and burn were perfect. The cigar began quite mildly with not much body, but adequate complexity. Body and flavour increased towards the middle of the cigar, by which point it reached a solid medium body. Flavour had a wonderful musty quality reminiscent of the Confidenciaal brand; difficult to describe. However, of the first three I smoked, this was the only one with that distinctive flavour. Quite satisfying and consistently tasty. 70 minutes.
May 11th, 2024: This one had a lot darker wrapper and was heavy in the hand. It was slightly difficult to draw, but managed to deliver a fair plume. Unlike the previous cigar, this one was full bodied from the outset. It was more like a Serie V than the previous cigar and the many Serie O Torpedos which I had smoked. It was also more like the dirty, tarry, Serie V than the smooth variety. Not balanced and not satisfying, but I puffed on it for 80 minutes.
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| More like a Serie V: but dirty and tarry |
May 13th, 2024: This cigar was also like a Serie V, full bodied from the outset, but smooth and tasty with no dirt and no tarry aftertaste. Draw was easy. There was a bit of Serio O flavour, so perhaps more of a hybrid O and V. It was consistently delicious and balanced, like the Nub Sun Grown. Very satisfying at 80 minutes.
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| Also more like a serie V but clean, balanced and delicious throughout |
May 31st: Also much like Serie V, full bodied, but not as balanced and delicious at the previous. Quite satisfying. 70 minutes.
