Chinchalero Novillo Fuerte Maduro - 1 Single

This is an okay cigar, though to me, it looks and smells better than it burns and tastes. The fuerte maduro is an impressive, chunky looking cigar, beautiful dark wrapper. The bouqet is incredible, like brown muscavado sugar. Although it's quite short, it doesn't have an easy draw and I found myself having to touch up the uneven burn throughout the smoking time (which was about an hour, pretty good for the price). The flavours were not as good as the unlit aroma, not as sweet as I had anticipated and milder than I thought a maduro would be, though not unpleasant by any means. Overall I would say this is worth the money and not a bad cigar, though not a great one either. Worth a try though.

A lovely, big ring gauge cigar, nice subtle dark chocolate and coffee flavours. Doesn't quite stand up against some of the more expensive maduros but at this price I think they are an absolute bargain, I always have a few of these in the humidor....a must try!!!!

I'm very much a Cuban cigar smoker but keen to explore non-Cubans. To this end, I ordered 10 of these little fat chaps and was amazed at the quality of the smoke. Cool, cocoa/chocolate taste, slow, even burn and a 60 minute smoke - for the price extremely good value. I find myself going back to the few I have left and will most certainly be ordering more. I was initially apprehensive of a 60g cigar but, using my larger V cutter, the experience was far beyond expectations.

Just a quick addendum to my previous review: I bought a box of these cigars and they're nowhere near as tasty as the individual cigar I bought. Although they've been in my humidor for nearly 3 months now they're still dry tasting with none of the big flavours I'd previously savoured.

Usually I tend to go for smaller ring gauges and milder wrappers. How fantastic this little gigar is. Smooth, spicey and with hints of cocoa it is a great smoke at the price. I am sure that although this was straight from the wrapper it will improve with age.