Excellent review stephen! I have also had one straight out of the mail (CotM sampler a few months ago), and concur with everything you said except the burn issue, which I didnt experience. You totally nailed everything else, and it was nice to have some confirmation... thought I was going nuts when I went "Cinnamon?!?!???". LOL
Just smoked my first 5V Miami the other night ...... and i had just a little sweet in the first third and then the rest was spicy like a mofo ........ i really enjoyed it as that stick completed my 5V journey which is now going to only be 4 of their blends ...... love the A and AAA and Have been a huge fan of the Cask II since my first one and the Miami ....... the Relic , Limitadas 09 Classic and Gold are not my style and i used to love the golds .... but they just dont taste the same ....... The limitadas 08 is ok and have not had an 07 and i think they had 06 as well but never had that or a Cask I ............... but iam with 4 blends i enjoy from 5V .............. all great smokes
I had one today in robusto. It's always cool to see reviews exatly like you own experience. Started off with a sweet twinge the developed to spicy and i did get the cinnamoness....i really like these and the are usually a staple in my humi.
The Knuckle is my favorite in the Miami line, odd because I don't generally like 60's, but the flavor is so great I can deal with it. Awesome cigar, never had any burn issues myself.
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