Fonseca No. 1 Cigar - Box of 25

Date Added: Saturday 05 July, 2014 by Richard

These cigars are a treat for the senses, from their unique paper wrapping to the end of the smoke.

There are slight grassy notes from the unlit draw which hint at the mild flavour to come.

1st third: Creamy, tobacco with a slight toasty edge to it, almost bordering on the acrid. Not too much nicotine and a nicely medium body of smoke.
2nd third: Developed into a creamy hazelnut note - still not too strong in the nicotine level.
Final third: Some of the harshness from the initial light returns and the smoke becomes more acrid, irritating the back of the throat somewhat.

I have since smoked others and they had less harshness and were more consistently creamy throughout, a pleasant cigar to "sip" over an hour or so. Good even burn and I have yet to have a badly constructed one although the sample number is admittedly low!