Reviews
Date Added: Sunday 08 September, 2019
Fantastic smoke. Smoked it with my eyes first: stunning wrapper, deep chocolate colour with tight seams. The bands are eye catching and nicely designed. Not much to smell pre-light, light tobacco on the wrapper and a slight chocolate smell at the foot. Cut it straight and lit up, greeted by clouds of thick smoke. Plenty of dark chocolate and leather, with a slight sweetness. Lots of pepper in the beginning, but it switches places with the sweetness come the second third, although the pepper is still noticeable especially through the nose. Got nearly an hour out of it, found it getting acrid about half an inch before it would’ve been burning my moustache.
Date Added: Saturday 07 September, 2019
This was a real treat. I had smoked one about 18 months ago and couldn’t really remember what I thought, so I got another to sample. Fantastic cigar, as I’d expected. Draw was spot on, burn was razor sharp, and the flavours... I could wax lyrical about it all day. Just try one if you haven’t already, then accept the fact you need to buy a box. I can only imagine they get better with age. Not overly complex but does develop in the final third, which I wasn’t expecting given its short length. Gets a real pleasing increase in strength and flavour.
Date Added: Thursday 05 September, 2019
Nice looking little cigar. Easy to light and good burn all the way through, no nursing at all, no relighting. Very little to talk about in taste, kicked off with a small hint of cream which quickly changed to an earthy taste and bitter stings on the side of the tongue for the the first third. Second third no change but for a spice kick on the lips and tongue which increased to the final third before getting to hot towards the end. Would recommend a punch rather then cut. Not my cup of tea but each to their own.
Date Added: Thursday 05 September, 2019
The wrapper was wrinkled and had some minor blemishes on it but above all it just looked cheap. On the plus side combustion was good and it burned evenly with a nice white ash. The draw was easy. Flavourwise it was peppery plus another indistict flavour which wasnt particularly nice. Compared to other budget contenders it has to be said that this is very poor cigar indeed. Recommended? Absolutely not.
Date Added: Sunday 01 September, 2019
Have smoked 6 of these. The first one was great so I ordered 5 more. Unfortunately these did not live up to expectations. It was like the blend had been changed. Having said that these are probably still the best Chicos out there......... they are just not to my taste anymore. Especially as Ive now tried the blue series are they are excellent. If you like to experiment I would certainly encourage you to try one because the flavour profile may suit you. Rating - 3.4 stars.
Date Added: Sunday 01 September, 2019
My example had a small tear in the wrapper but other than that the construction seemed fine. How wrong I was. The burn was constantly uneven.....this later turned into canoeing. Later on strange cavities appeared in several places. The wrapper also needed to be re-glued. CGars gave me a full refund. Turning now to the smoking experience this wasnt much better. I found it to be extremely light bodied.....so much so it was hard to tell that it was Cuban. Sometimes it was a little harsh and then there would be very brief moments of peppery potential. All in all a total disappointment.....especially after reading all of the good reviews on this website. Considering that for not much more cash you can be smoking a H. Upmann I cannot recommend this cigar at all. H Upmann seem to do light bodied cigar with flavour better than most. 2.8 stars.
