Avo LE 12 La Trompeta
j0z3r
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I was working on a fairly detailed review of this cigar on my phone while smoking it when my browser decided to close the window and all was lost. I'll do my best going on memory, will probably be considerably shorter. Oh well, c'est la vie.
6.5"x54 belicoso, very pointed tip.
First off, my thanks to SleevePlz for gifting me this cigar.
This is a very nice looking cigar sporting a reddish brown, oily wrapper with three trumpet keys made of a lighter shade wrapper. Construction is perfect, not soft or hard spots and the draw has just the right amount of resistance for me.
Aroma at cold gives a spicy, sweet smell, the closest I can compare it to is cayenne pepper. The cold draw produces a sweet character with some underlying spiciness. There is an odd sensation on the lips from the slightly wet wrapper, a mild tingly, numbing sensation.
The first third displays a dominant oak character with some bitter nut and musk hiding in the background. It starts off medium strength and increases towards the end of the first third to a solid medium+. Some light pepper through the nose.
Into the second third and the strength keeps building, the finish is also getting longer. Starting out the smoke was a bit thin, and I would describe the body as medium, approaching the midway point the smoke has thickened considerable and taken on a velvety mouth feel, at this point I'd say it was full strength and full bodied. First ash drops at the second trumpet key. The second third has seen the addition of a cocoa flavor to the mix as well as an increase in nasal pepper. Burn is razor sharp.
Entering the final third, not much has changed, there are slight shifts in the flavor profile but the main flavors are oak, cocoa, musk, and a toasted tobacco note that crept in with the final third. There is a lingering sweetness on the finish as well that had been noticeable since somewhere around the mid-point. Things stay pretty steady to the end.
Final thoughts: This cigar had immaculate construction, and all the tobaccos had very good combustion characteristics. I needed no touch-ups over the almost 2 hour smoke time and the ash dropped twice...one my shirt, but that was my own fault.
Bottom Line: In general, I've been pretty impressed with the Avo LE offerings, last year saw a tremendous cigar in the Avo 85th. While this was a good cigar and I enjoyed it, I can't help but be a little let down by it. Why this is I can't quite say, but to me it had no wow factor, and at $15+ each I don't feel it did enough to be considered a good value. Of course that's my opinion and should be taken as such.
6.5"x54 belicoso, very pointed tip.
First off, my thanks to SleevePlz for gifting me this cigar.
This is a very nice looking cigar sporting a reddish brown, oily wrapper with three trumpet keys made of a lighter shade wrapper. Construction is perfect, not soft or hard spots and the draw has just the right amount of resistance for me.
Aroma at cold gives a spicy, sweet smell, the closest I can compare it to is cayenne pepper. The cold draw produces a sweet character with some underlying spiciness. There is an odd sensation on the lips from the slightly wet wrapper, a mild tingly, numbing sensation.
The first third displays a dominant oak character with some bitter nut and musk hiding in the background. It starts off medium strength and increases towards the end of the first third to a solid medium+. Some light pepper through the nose.
Into the second third and the strength keeps building, the finish is also getting longer. Starting out the smoke was a bit thin, and I would describe the body as medium, approaching the midway point the smoke has thickened considerable and taken on a velvety mouth feel, at this point I'd say it was full strength and full bodied. First ash drops at the second trumpet key. The second third has seen the addition of a cocoa flavor to the mix as well as an increase in nasal pepper. Burn is razor sharp.
Entering the final third, not much has changed, there are slight shifts in the flavor profile but the main flavors are oak, cocoa, musk, and a toasted tobacco note that crept in with the final third. There is a lingering sweetness on the finish as well that had been noticeable since somewhere around the mid-point. Things stay pretty steady to the end.
Final thoughts: This cigar had immaculate construction, and all the tobaccos had very good combustion characteristics. I needed no touch-ups over the almost 2 hour smoke time and the ash dropped twice...one my shirt, but that was my own fault.
Bottom Line: In general, I've been pretty impressed with the Avo LE offerings, last year saw a tremendous cigar in the Avo 85th. While this was a good cigar and I enjoyed it, I can't help but be a little let down by it. Why this is I can't quite say, but to me it had no wow factor, and at $15+ each I don't feel it did enough to be considered a good value. Of course that's my opinion and should be taken as such.
Comments
Anyway, I have two questions:
1. What to do you think about its aging potential? Med to Med-full is usually in my wheelhouse, so I'll probably give this one a year either way based on it's described full body to let it mellow a touch.
2. Could you detect the trumpet keys flavorwise at all when you burned through them?
2: No, I could not detect anything from the trumpet keys. I had wondered the same thing starting out.
Lastly, you've got to keep in mind that this is just one cigar on one day, I could have a different experience with it tomorrow and you're almost guaranteed to have a different experience than me. Reviews are quite subjective, so I'd caution you to take any review with a grain of salt.