Antonio Gimenez Panatela Cigar - Box of 20

Nice smooth cigar.

As a newbie to this probably not the best advice. I lit it straight from the envelope so not sure if i need to leave it for any lenght of time first. Was a nightmare to stay lit, was really quite harsh to taste couldnt taste anything but the smoke, no flavours in there. I dont know if its good for the money or not, as I said Im new to this but I bought a mix of 4 different ones to try and find my feet but this one will not be in my next order.

Holy damn the price of this cigar... it's a nice little panatela, don't get me wrong, but it's not worth the price. It feels more like a montecristo purito, which averages around £1.50ish. Even a guantanamera purito is a bit better. The taste was "pretty good", nothing exceptional, nothing brilliant, but a pleasant 20 minute afternoon smoke. It's really not worth it. General quality seems pretty good. Reviewed by CigarHub on YouTube.

I bought 2 of these to be sure of seeing if I liked them. I tried them within 5 days of receipt. They are fairly cheap and hopes were not high. I've sampled a good range of cigars over 30 years, but these are easily the least satisfying and most annoying. It is impossible to keep them alight. The burn is temporarily OK until ignition occurs through another nearer segment, (not the tip) leading to a 1 cm length of unburned wrapper and a total burn on the opposite side of the cylinder. Re-lighting is only feasible with a big taper or after trimming the end square. The flavour is fairly harsh, but not bad. For the price one is buying immense frustration with no redeeming features that I could discover. Both samples did exactly the same thing, The Fuente at a similar price were streets ahead.

I've searched high and low for a flavour profile on this cigar (or even some other reviews) and not really found much. First third seemed nondescript I had a hard time pulling out any real flavours but at around the start of the second third a definite milk chocolate flavour started to come through which stayed with my through the rest of the cigar. Once that milk chocolate hit I really enjoyed it, going to try some of their other vitola's and see what they're like.