Okay, here goes nothing!
Upon initial inspection, the cigar had a nice dark wrapper with a noticeable sheen in the sunlight. The thick wrapper showed several noticeable veins and the edges at the seams had a miscut or two, which might lead one to think this a second, house-brand or knock-off.
The pre-light draw was perfect and it stayed so throughout the cigar. Being that this was a blind test, I ran everything through my albeit limited amount of remaining functional brain cells. The first few draws tasted of coffee and nuts, almost honey roasted, and I immediately thought of the first Hoyo de Monterrey Sultan I ever smoked, but the darkness of the wrapper confused me, as I don't remember the HdM having as dark a wrapper.
The coffee and nuts lasted until the 1/3 mark when the cigar settled into more woody and leathery flavors. Somewhere around the middle, there was a noticeable addition of pepper for a few draws, and then it was gone almost as fast as it appeared and it was back to a nice mostly leathery flavor that held through the middle of the cigar..
The final third added a bit more pepper and spice, and again searching my brain, reminded me of the Luis Martinez Nicaraguan Selections I smoked almost a year ago.
The construction was fine by me. It seemed as if it wanted to try to run or canoe along some of the noticeable veins, but it corrected itself without any outside help. The ash was a firm white with a few sedimentary gray lines. It dropped first at well past the two inch mark, afterward at just over an inch.
I'd give it a solid 4 on the CG scale.
I could not tell you what I smoked, but if none of the tobacco came from Nicaragua, I owe you a beer.
The length was a little long for the time I allot for my evening smoke. I usually have time for a robusto or toro at best. Thanks for including me in this one and I apologize for the delay in submitting my review. I'm anxiously awaiting the name of this cigar because I want to buy more!
