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Cohiba (Linea Clasica)
This box produced consistently well-constructed and flavorful “perfect blonde” cigars, light and a little soft to the touch. Dry-draw produced a “good cedar taste,” while the tip “sparked right up” to the lit match. With an aroma “like wild grass after a rain,” a “very velvety and rich” flavor containing notes of hay and flowers, and an aftertaste ranging from “none” to “leather and a hint of cedar,” this medium-bodied number left nobody disappointed.
Wrapper: Cuba
Binder: Cuba
Filler: Cuba
$21.23/Stick
$530.75/Box of 25
Conclusion: OUTSTANDING
Cubita Spanish Cabinet Selection
“The wrapper takes away from the aesthetic look,” one taster commented before lighting up. Once afire, this stick had a tough, tight draw that nonetheless produced a “pleasing, mild aroma” and a “nutty” flavor. Despite the draw, it also burned evenly, producing solid gray ash. Said another: “A good cigar, but not as good as the others we reviewed.”
Wrapper: Connecticut
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
$5.45/Stick
$89.00/Box of 25
Conclusion: MEDIOCRE
Cusano Anniversary
This was a “classic blend,” one taster thought, although the cigar itself was judged “mediocre” in appearance. The rough and vein-thick wrapper, balanced somewhat by “good” construction, nonetheless produced “a good dry draw” with “straight hay” taste, followed by a “sweet” flavor and aroma of “spice and cedar.” In total, a light-to-medium-bodied stick that would potentially serve as an excellent late-morning smoke.
Wrapper: Ecuador
Binder: Mexico
Filler: Honduras, Connecticut, Dominican Republic
$5.90/Stick
$59.00/Box of 10
Conclusion: WORTHY
Diamond Crown #4
One of the more complex smokes, this cigar started out with a “sweet flavor on the tongue” during the dry draw, before graduating (after an easy lighting-up) to a “sweet, fruity” flavor that turned “toward a woody vanilla.” The likewise sweet aroma had flavors, according to one taster, of “cherry and plum,” with an aftertaste of cedar and vanilla. This was a light cigar with a multiplicity of flavor notes. . . although one taster mused, “Not much personality.”
Wrapper: Connecticut
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
$11.00/Stick
$165.00/Box of 15
Conclusion: WORTHY
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