Chinchalero Novillo Torpedo Cigar - 1 Single

I selected this one to enjoy on an afternoon in the late August sun. It was bought to try out the large diameter as I usually smoke narrower cigars. It took 45 minutes as stated and there was zero bitterness for me. The smoke was mild but pleasant and there were no real discernable flavours to it. It did however burn unevenly, persistently on one side. When the ash dropped off I could see an area of filler that was much less dense causing the problem.

Disgusting cigar, took a while to light and when it did it was a terrible taste. Bitter, earthy taste throughout it. Smoked it expecting it to change but only got worse, very disappointed.

Took forever to light this one up and had to keep puffing on it to keep it alight which gave it a horrible bitter taste and uneven burn for the first inch, but maybe it was over-humidified from my new mostly empty humidor. So I blew through it to clear the nicotine build up, ( it looked like dirty exhaust fumes!) then smoked it slowly to let it cool, then it began to open up slowly with a very nice just like a cigar should taste like flavour, and aroma. The final third got even better! But not as balanced as the excellent Novillo fuerte maduro.

Not a bad little stick at all Lit well .. burned pretty evenly after the first third however was never an issue from word go. Nice smooth creamy first third .. peppery vanilla second and floral third .. overall a lovely stick and for the price punches well above its weight.

This Cigar took a while to light but once it was lit it burned very well. The draw was very light and the flavours varied throughout. Overall, it had a slow burn and would highly recommend this cigar to anyone starting out.