Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano
Filler: Nicaraguan Ligero
Price: $8.00
Last week I went to a cigar shop in Philadelphia that I had never been to before. The shop is Twin Smoke Shoppe in South Philadelphia. When I walked into this store, I was blown away by the massive selection of cigars. As I was talking to the owner, he pointed me towards this stick. I have had other 601 cigars before, but never this particular one. He told me that it was powerful. So I smoked one while I was there and brought the other one home to save for this review.
The dark brown Habano wrapper is flawless. This cigar also looks very interesting. It has a wick off of the cap so that the cigar actually looks like a stick of dynamite. The aroma coming off of this cigar is very spicy and actually tingles the nose before it is even lit. This is a solid stick that I can tell is constructed very well.
Upon lighting this cigar, I was blown away. The strong pepper spice sends your taste buds for a loop. Then the smoke becomes a little smoother when a woody flavor enters. The wood could best be described as a charred cedar. It had just the slightest bit of sweetness to it. There are quite a bit of earthy tones that come into play as well. As the first third comes to a close, a mild leather flavor builds on the palate.
