I always like to handle and smell my cigars before I smoke them. This cigar looked beautifully made with a lovely dark wrapper with no visible imperfections. It felt great in my hand. As for the smell, it didn’t have a particularly exciting smell which was a mild shame. I love those strong farmyard smells that you often get, but this isnt vital. The cap didnt look overly large, but it cut well and formed a perfect end and I got no bits of tobacco in my mouth at all. The cigar lit well and it burned reasonably evenly throughout. The best thing was that the ash remained in one strong piece throughout and never fell off at all. For me that was a thing of beauty. As to the flavours, overall it was a mild creamy cigar but it had enough hints of pepper to keep it interesting. The after flavour was quite creamy and I would liken it to a subtle mild hint of Devon clotted cream fudge. I always smoke my cigars down to the nub and flavours became more interesting the further down I smoked with the peppery hints coming through more. The band is very low budget, not exciting at all, I wouldn’t want to keep it from my collection. But the good thing was that once I smoked down for a while, the band came off incredibly easily without damaging the wrapper. If I were to use a whiskey analogy, I would say that this was like sipping a lovely Irish whiskey, a Redbreast or maybe a Yellow Spot. As to value, for £7.49 you get a beautifully handmade cigar with long filler that lasts about 40 mins. I cant imagine there are many better value cigars out there. Although I usually like slightly more robust flavours, this made a lovely change. Well done C.gars for stocking it.