Padilla Dominus
oldsoulrevival
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I just bought ten torpedos ..... I've never had one. Thoughts?
oldsoulrevival
Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 630
oldsoulrevival
Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 630
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Like I said, the remainder have a few months on them (couldnt bring myself to light another one LOL), but bigharpoon and I tend to like the same cigars so closely its almost scary sometimes. If he says they are the bomb.com, I will give them another whirl. If they still arent to my liking, the remainder will be headed to ME... in a box... thats also ticking... :-)
What the hell happened between today and the previous one I have such fond memories of? I guess my palate changed and I look for other aspects in a cigar. I didn't have any burn issues, the smoke was well balanced but the flavors were not to my liking. At all.
It started off great with a very nice amount of pepper, not overpowering black pepper but a subtle red pepper. Then came a nice musky earth flavor. Good so far. Then came the death nell, nothing but damp earth from there on out. Sometimes I would get a little red pepper on the short finish but the dampness and earthiness just dominated. Not for me.
These are well made sticks but the flavor is not what I remember or currently am looking for in a cigar. All my Dominus's have decent age on them so maybe that contributed to my differing opinion, too. Either way I'm not excited about them. If anyone would like them I have at least 4 more available.
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1st 1/8 - solid light, decent draw, good power, notes of some pepper, nice!
2nd 1/8 - power still up high (good!), pepper mellowing out, so far so good!
3rd 1/8 - Whats that creeping in? Earth... wet earth...
4th 1/8 - REAL REAL wet earth!!!! The only thing I can think to compare it to is when you rake your leaves into a great big pile in your yard in the fall... then it rains. If for some reason you have had to rake those leaves again days later, that wet, composty smell that the leaves towards the bottom have? THATs what I was getting.
For the sake of the experiment, I finished the thing off and it pretty much stayed where the 4th 1/8 took me. Some good news to be had here - the months spent in the humi seems to have cleared up the burn issues I was having with them when they were younger. Also, the draw is where I percieve most cigar smokers to like it - I like mine very loose, but this one was not impossible to pull. Put out a good amount of smoke too.
Alright, DISCLAIMER TIME - If you are reading this imprompteau review, DO NOT let this dissuade you from trying the Dominus. While I does like me a powerhouse of a smoke, I find that with the fuller bodied lines is where I tend to not see eye-to-eye with the majority of folks. LOTS of people go gaga over the JdN Dark Corojo, but Ive never enjoyed it. Same thing with the LFD Double Ligero. Conversely, a lot of people think the Cain line is not Scottish (which makes it CRAP!), but I enjoy them, especially in the Nub size.
Go forth, try EVERYTHING you can get your hands on and decide for yourself if what you're smoking is a good stick or not. The single best piece of advice Ive ever gotten regarding cigars is this - nobody can tell you what is a good stick for you, better than YOU! :-)
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The one thing I can add is that after decent rest, my Dominus are from 8/10, the body comes way down. I'd no longer call them a powerhouse smoke at all, more like a solid medium plus. That part was kinda nice actually, and the burn was great.