Yea you're prolly right but still. I enjoy cooking but still use recipes for the most part, just kinda tweak it what I want or to fit the wife's pickiness. Of course she's eating a whole lot more than she did when I met her.
it sounds like you gave this cigar too much credit and hype to start out with, the wrapper sounds awesome but its only a small part of the whole cigar. i think you should leave another one of these in your humi for a while and come back to it in a year and see how it plays out for you i think you might suprise yourself. you seemed so excited by the prelight that i dont think you gave the rest of the cigar a fair chance
Also Dan aging a cigar will not necessarily make it better. Aging allows the tobacco to marry and for the most part all you're getting from it is removing any harshness from the cigar. If the flavors aren't what you like or its lacking complexity its unlikely aging will change this. If you thought the cigar was harsh or one flavor was too dominant or something along those lines, that is where aging will improve a cigar.
I have only smoked the maduro and its an average cigar. Burn issues are common with it as that bitter finish. Its odd to me that it can come into your mouth sweet and leave bitter but thats what happens with this cigar. The Robusto doesn't have the bitter problem but it does still have burn issues.
I've never heard of this cigar... I'd be looking forward to a your reviewing one where the construction isn't such a problem. On construction, what does it take for a cigar to get, say, a "3" rating?
iduno. never had one that even came close. I try only to smoke good cigars so my reviews tend to score high. if i smoked everything then some more would get bad reviews.
I'd certainly rather have an ugly cigar that has a bang up flavor any day of any week. All looks and no flavor is just not for me. Good review as always, I'll be sure to steer clear of that one.
I need to keep in mind that we all get the occassional bad cigar in an otherwise quality line. I assume that happened yesterday with my first Gran Habano Blue Label. It was a robusto that had a few soft spots, but otherwise looked good. A good clip, but difficult light . . . one side didn't seem to want to light. Got it going, nice, easy draw, wonderful spicy, floral aroma and great flavor of spice, black pepper and oak -- but an ash that was ragged and terribly uneven color -- mostly charcoal gray to black on outside with some white inside but not uniformly white. Looked like some filler didn't want to burn. It dropped before hitting an inch. I was surprised the flavor and aroma stayed and got more complex throughout the smoke. No re-lights, but needed touch ups twice. One side of the wrapper just didn't want to burn., it just charred and started wrinkling. So I passed it off as a roller having a bad day. I have another, so I'll give it a try and see how it goes. The flavor, aroma and strength impressed me enough to try a few more before giving up.
I have had some minor burn issues with Gran Habano cigars. I've yet to try a Blue Label, but my experience comes from the #3 habano, #5 corojo and 3 Siglos. Again, nothing major, just every so often they required a touch-up.
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I need to keep in mind that we all get the occassional bad cigar in an otherwise quality line. I assume that happened yesterday with my first Gran Habano Blue Label. It was a robusto that had a few soft spots, but otherwise looked good. A good clip, but difficult light . . . one side didn't seem to want to light. Got it going, nice, easy draw, wonderful spicy, floral aroma and great flavor of spice, black pepper and oak -- but an ash that was ragged and terribly uneven color -- mostly charcoal gray to black on outside with some white inside but not uniformly white. Looked like some filler didn't want to burn. It dropped before hitting an inch. I was surprised the flavor and aroma stayed and got more complex throughout the smoke. No re-lights, but needed touch ups twice. One side of the wrapper just didn't want to burn., it just charred and started wrinkling. So I passed it off as a roller having a bad day. I have another, so I'll give it a try and see how it goes. The flavor, aroma and strength impressed me enough to try a few more before giving up.
What have your experiences been with this cigar?