The Cigar Shop of San Antonio
Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Price: $7.75
Vitola: 5 1/4 x 54
Drink : Water
Appearance & Constuction: The wrapper is rough, blotchy, but not veiny. Perfect draw. Tight ash, even burn.
Pre-Light: Perfect draw, faint tobacco flavor notes.
Flavor & Notes: Slight sweetness right in the beginning. Notes of spice. i.e. pumpkin spices. Some coffee aftertaste. Straight-forward flavors with long lingering good aftertaste. I wouldn’t say very complex, but that’s not a bad thing. The flavors are very straight forward. About a third in, sweetness is gone. Still dominant spices. A hint of pepper starting to come forward in the aftertaste. Spices have simmered down. Pepper is gone, kind of a “tobacco” flavor. Final third kind of fell off for me. Got slightly hot and lost flavors. Didn’t smoke very much of the last third. I honestly think I was enjoying the whole thing too much and started smoking the cigar too fast, and that made it hot and lost a lot of it’s character.
Body: Medium Body
Overall Smoking Experience: Very good cigar for anyone not wanting to be overwhelmed by anything flavor wise, body wise and even burn wise. Don’t think this cigar will blow anyone away. But I think it’s a great change from the way the industry is currently going. Not a powerhouse “quintuple ligero”….. Can be enjoyed by the full bodied smoker and the milder cigar smoker.
Chooch Factor: 0-5 Non existent chooch factor. Very unknown cigar in the industry.
Gabe Rating: 7.5 (Good)
Buy Again – Definitely
Outside Ratings:
See Matt’s Review Here