Date Added: Friday 03 July, 2026
£10 mystery cigar and it's another superb one.
Deep nut/leather brown exceptionally toothy wrapper coated with an oily sheen, nice tight seams, good looking cap, well packed and even. Band is pretty nice looking, has a gothic/vampire/dracula look to it in the red and black with embossed crows.
Cut with a single V, the draw is light and airy producing massive amounts of thick, cool, white smoke. Ashes every half inch or so, good burn line, got slightly weird at the halfway point but corrected itself, no relights or touch ups needed.
Initially medium body and strength with substantial amounts of black pepper alongside rich, dry oak and cedar. Joined by old leather and roasted nut ,finish is bittersweet dark chocolate, dry cacao powder, espresso coffee and a touch of cinnamon. Body ramps up to full and strength increases to medium full, really quite dry...I strongly recommend a drink with it.
I'll probably be trying it as a robusto in the near future, well worth picking up.