Date Added: Sunday 04 March, 2018
Its tasteful gold and royal navy band, dark attractive maduro wrapper and overall impressive presentation promise a great experience.
In fact it starts rather blandly with earthy, shallow tones dominating the first third of the cigar. Suddenly however, with a sudden rush, spice and pepper awake and begin to, at first dominate, and then balance the flavours and this becomes a weighty, majestic stick.
Its not harsh but certainly a heavy cigar that rewards patience and paired with a good, sipping Rye encourages melancholy and reflection as the clouds of dense smoke envelop you and tobacco settles into a grounded, even and flavoursome experience.
Not terribly nuanced perhaps but certainly an example of a thoughtful process that results in a great, leisured sit down.
This smoker might prefer mellower and sweeter but at this price point and considering the impressive built and burn its hard to put down and not demand a few more for your humidor moments after you are done and the cigar slowly dies down.