Reviews
Date Added: Monday 17 October, 2022
This was my first time smoking one of these. Feedback as a relatively new smoker:
The flavour was great. It was quite mild with good, thick smoke. I don’t have the palette to dissect the different flavours, but it was enjoyable throughout and didn’t leave me with the harsh/dry back-of-the-mouth that I experience with some lesser brands
The burn was inconsistent. It wasn’t especially even, and I had to re-light twice. This may have been me, but it’s not something I’ve encountered before with other cigars.
I’ll 100% buy more, the pleasantness more than made up for the inconsistent burn.
Date Added: Saturday 24 September, 2022
Last pack of three I bought contained two that the draw was so tight, they were unsmokeable.
A nice smoke when you get a good one but it’s an expensive gamble.
Will look for alternatives in future.
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Date Added: Wednesday 21 September, 2022
I had a Henry Wintermans given by someone at an event and quite enjoyed it...I guess it was all due to the setting.
Then I have decided to buy a pack to enjoy a quick smoke at home. It was the biggest waste of money since I am buying cigars.
Everything about it screams cost cutting, if feels like a pack of Walkers, mostly filled with air, it felt light and soft in hand, crushing between fingers with no effort in the second half, it burned fast, it smelled bad and the taste...oh, the taste was horrendous...a bitter unpleasant smoke with an even worse finishing. The aftertaste was a lingering unpleasant linear bitter taste with no depth whatsoever. It was by far the worst smoke Ive ever had.
The Montecristo puritos are priced similarly and believe it or not they smoke as long as the half coronas of Wintermans.
Date Added: Saturday 27 August, 2022
First time today on this one, nice and easy smoke. As the name suggests an ‘Entered Apprentice’ smoke. On the light side of medium, nice long ash, as mentioned easy smoke for about 40 mins. Peppery notes predominantly but not overpowering, hints of toffee and caramel. Good quality easy everyday smoke, would buy it again.
Date Added: Friday 19 August, 2022
I echo comments regarding uneven burn. I had to touch it up a number of times which was quite irritating to be honest. However, classic mellow low strength Upmann cigar. My cigar personally was quite hard to draw on. I suspect I was just unlucky as Ive not had this problem with Upmann before. It loosened up in the last half hour so it wasnt all hard work!
Date Added: Friday 12 August, 2022
Loved it, very light smoke. Creamy and nutty flavours in the first and second third and transitioned to a slight spicy, peppery flavour in the final third. The only reason it isnt a 5 star is bevause I had to relight a few times, had a bit of tunnelling and a bit of an uneven burn. This could be user error as I am new to this.
