06-21-2006, 10:10 PM
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Only Cuban seed tobacco that has been aged for two and a half years are used in the manufacture of these Nicaraguan puros. The 6000 is a nice looking, short-sized maduro torpedo. The wrapper is dark brown and rugged looking, with a medium vein structure and a sharply pointed head. Itââ¬â¢s a beautifully constructed cigar with a firm feel. The nose is a mixture of barnyard and wet earth.
Iââ¬â¢m never quite sure how much of the head to clip off on this cigar. Unlike most torpedoââ¬â¢s which have a short, moderately sloped head, this bad boy has a long, thin and sharply pointed one. I decide to clip off less, rather than more. I can always cut more off later if the need arises.
I light the foot with a Zippo, retrofitted with a Blazer Z-Plus torch insert. I love this little torch. It allows me to purchase several types of cool-looking Zippo lghters, which are pretty cheap, and then swap out the lighter fluid insert with the torch insert.
The draw on this torp is perfect and, over the first inch, the burn is also rock solid. The flavors are dark and rich: espresso and roasted nuts prevail.
The first inch of the cigar is medium-bodied and flavored. However, beyond the first inch, the cigar hits its stride and becomes medium to full in body and flavor with more intensity.
The fairly light-colored ash tends to drop off by itself in a little over 1-inch chunks and lay flush with the foot. The burn line is thin and black. As I reach the halfway mark, the cigar is jammy with flavors that stick to my tongue. This cigar definitely has some complexity and I expect even more with further aging.
This is a very collectible cigar. In my opinion, it has plenty of ââ¬Åoomphââ¬Â to hold up to sustained aging, and yet, with over two years of prior aging, it is ready to smoke right out of the box. This is an excellent cigar considering the reasonable price.
