Great cigar – first third was cool, smooth and creamy, with a little less smoke output than I like but the second third was when it really took off for me. Very full of flavour, huge smoke output and still very cool. Towards the end of the second third, it started getting more spicy, still with great smoke and very tasty up until half way through the last third. Excellent construction, lit well and burned evenly. No maintenance required, the ash fell off at 1 1/2" and I was smoking this cigar for a solid hour. Ideal strength for me, much better than the Azul Blue range which I found quite wishy washy. The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars from me is because I don't give 5 stars easily, and the first third was only a 4 star smoke.