Thanks again Eddie for letting me be in the first wave of this brave experiment.
Here is my report.
Pre-Light: A fairly light weight cigar. Scent was mild. It had just the hints of tobacco and a bit of a grass/ hay kind of undertone. The initial pre-light draw was a bit tight, but opened right up upon lighting.
17 out of 20
Light and burn: It lit very easily. Burn was a bit uneven at times due to a fairly large vein. However, it never got out of control and was very good at correcting itself. One thing that I did notice that was unusual was that the wrapper wanted to lift up along the line where it overlapped itself. The cigar constantly produced a long stream of blue smoke when I was not puffing on it, and it produced voluminous white smoke when it was being puffed. Ash was salt and pepper and held firmly for a little over an inch before dropping off. The cigar stayed cool throughout the smoking.
13 out of 15
Construction:
This is a beautiful pyramide. The head was perfect. Very nice box press shape. The wrapper appeared to be wrapped very smoothly and the foot had no apparent tears or any defects. The leaf was very rustic looking and had mostly small vein lines, although it did have a few water spots.
28 out of 30
Flavor: Surprising light for a maduro. It opened up with just a hint of pepper and some wood along with a dark chocolate taste. There was a little spice when exhaled though the nose. As it burned down to the second third, it picked up a bit more spiciness, not quite a taste, but more of a feeling on the tip of my tongue. It then mellowed out again and picked up more of a creaminess and some earth, leather and coffee. In the last third the creaminess went away and I got a bit more spice and leather. After I was done, it left a coffee flavor on my tongue.
30 out of 35
Summary: This is a very well constructed cigar with a fairly mellow flavor. It has nice chocolate and coffee flavors. It burned cool and never got harsh even at the nub. This cigar gets an A.
Total score 88
Since I am the last one to do the report, I will put my guess right here. I think that it is a Padron 1964 Anniversary Torpedo.
