A friend of mine sent me this cigar a few months back. I have been letting it rest since then. I was told that this cigar only comes out once a year, so it was really tough for me not to smoke it right away. The cigar is almost milk chocolate color. There is a perfect three-layer cap that lays perfectly flush. There were a couple of veins that never amounted to anything. The stick itself is pretty solid with a nice soft foot which made it very easy to light. The cut was very clean with no splitting or peeling. The smell of this stick was very earthy with a little bit of sweetness.
The flavor was delicious right off the bat. There were strong cedar and toast flavors that were prominent and easily picked out. There was a nice amount of spice that kicks in after a few puffs. By an inch in, the flavor profile mellows out and becomes mainly all earth and cedar flavors. There is another mild sweetness that starts to develop just before the halfway. It was like a bitter chocolate tone that blended with the strong earthy tones.
