Reviews
Date Added: Wednesday 11 July, 2018
An hour of smooth, mellow bliss! In my opinion, for the price, this is pretty unbeatable. Handmade, long filler, quality embossed band that vaguely resembles Bolivar’s, excellent construction, burn and draw (and it measures 5 1/2 in length, not 5” as listed by CGars, so that was a nice surprise!) This was my first non-Cuban smoke and I’m thoroughly impressed, had lots of earthy, nutty flavours with a spicy, wood finish. Flavours ignite early on and develop nicely throughout, I will definitely be buying more of these! Second order from CGars which included free mints and a pen! Thanks a million, CGars :)
Date Added: Friday 06 July, 2018
Lovely room note and nice tasting tobacco I will definitely be buying this again
Date Added: Thursday 28 June, 2018
I bought this tray to compliment my Venezia deluxe and give me a bit more storage. The tray is as you would expect a nice well made humidor tray, however on receiving it I tried it for size prior to seasoning only to find it didnt fit. It was slightly too large in the width and bearing in mind there may be a slight increase post seasoning. It may have been a one off due to a manufacturing faux Pas but it was easily rectified with a bit of work on a sander to slightly decrease the width. Once in it definitely complimented the humidor although the inclusion of 4 small triangular pieces of cedar would have been nice in order to use as supports instead of resting on dividers (just a thought Adorini) : )....Happy enough with it despite the small glitch.
Date Added: Wednesday 20 June, 2018
Purchased on a recommendation from Evan at the Liverpool store.
Initial look and smell ok. Once lit the burn was very even and draw was good. However this was just not for me. I found it to be a very rough smoke. Not well balanced at all.
A little surprised this was recommended along with a Montecristo No5 as they are incomparable. In my opinion there are better Cubans out there for the same money.
Date Added: Saturday 16 June, 2018
I didnt think there was all that much pepper at all in this. The flavour was great though, very savoury, pairs well with bits of dark chocolate. The flavour actually reminded me of a sour cabbage stew and buttered toast, probably the sour and crispy toast notes.
The only reason this cigar gets a 4/5 is because of the uneven burn, with that said Ill probably have to try a few more as this really suited my palette.
Date Added: Tuesday 12 June, 2018
Wasnt sure what to expect from this cigar. Ive had two now and both times they can be described as peppery and spicy. Ive seen other reviews that have mentioned them as being slightly sweet. I didnt notice any sweet notes like the original black market.
Construction wise like all Alec Bradley cigars was perfect.
If this had a different name Id probably like it more. But as its called black market its natural to compare it to the original of which I prefer over this.
