04-04-2008, 10:20 PM
This is one of the two Cigars bombed to me by Sergio. It is a Sancho Panza Double Maduro - I believe it to be the "Quixote" it is a fairly short box pressed Hunduran cigar with a gold label.
Pre-light - The cigar had a nice dark color to it and smalled quite nice. I could barely wait to cut it and get it lit. I like to moisten the head before clipping my cigars - this is where the trouble started... the top of the cap came off effortlessly while I was lightly wetting the end - this has never happened before on any other cigar. When I clipped it the whole cap fell off (not a deep clip - just enough to remove the minimum) I figure the roller did not use enough of the paste to affix the cap - oh well. The pre-light draw was too tight IMO.
Light - The cigar lit well - Still tight on the draw. I squeeze down the body of the cigar and find it is pretty firm near the head. I squeeze and roll it a while with my fingers to no avail. The flavors are nice though. I detected some semi-sweet chocolate along with some toasty notes. There was a background flavor that made me think of capuccino. Really nice.
Thoughts - The flavors remained consistent through the entire cigar, but in different strengths. I would put this as a medium-bodied cigar. It was a shame that the cigar seemed partially plugged - maybe I am just too used to larger ring gauges. All in all I would do it again, but I would probably go with a corona or a robusto to see if it had a better draw. Because of the cap falling off I had to fight the wrapper to keeep it from unraveling at the head. Not a huge deal, but it was annoying. The wrapper was increadibly thick though. I have not seen any other wrapper as thick as this one. Pretty neat.
Thanks for the cigar Sergio! I will have to try another!
Pre-light - The cigar had a nice dark color to it and smalled quite nice. I could barely wait to cut it and get it lit. I like to moisten the head before clipping my cigars - this is where the trouble started... the top of the cap came off effortlessly while I was lightly wetting the end - this has never happened before on any other cigar. When I clipped it the whole cap fell off (not a deep clip - just enough to remove the minimum) I figure the roller did not use enough of the paste to affix the cap - oh well. The pre-light draw was too tight IMO.
Light - The cigar lit well - Still tight on the draw. I squeeze down the body of the cigar and find it is pretty firm near the head. I squeeze and roll it a while with my fingers to no avail. The flavors are nice though. I detected some semi-sweet chocolate along with some toasty notes. There was a background flavor that made me think of capuccino. Really nice.
Thoughts - The flavors remained consistent through the entire cigar, but in different strengths. I would put this as a medium-bodied cigar. It was a shame that the cigar seemed partially plugged - maybe I am just too used to larger ring gauges. All in all I would do it again, but I would probably go with a corona or a robusto to see if it had a better draw. Because of the cap falling off I had to fight the wrapper to keeep it from unraveling at the head. Not a huge deal, but it was annoying. The wrapper was increadibly thick though. I have not seen any other wrapper as thick as this one. Pretty neat.
Thanks for the cigar Sergio! I will have to try another!