Cigar Rating #1, EPC
First try, here goes.
This is a cigar picked out for me by my wife (with a little help). It’s an E.P. Carillo. Thats about all I know. Shorter than I usually smoke, maybe 5in long and a light wrapper. (should have taken a picture before lighting…duh)
Wrapper is smooth and tight, no noticeable weak spots when squeezed. Lights easily Deals with being lit in the wind and evens out nicely. 1/4 inch in the burn is a perfect ring. Ash is snow white and not flaky.
Initial tones are spice and bitterness but I think that had to do with the amount of butane it took to light…
First half is light and mild. Easy to “swallow” the smoke on this one. Is that sweet tea I’m picking up?…yeah…cool.
Easy draw with a little tobacco bite at the end if you puff twice. Smoke released from the mouth is thin and dissipates quickly (Non-gangsta…in a little breeze)
smoking note this ash stays like a champ until about two inches.
1/3 of the way in the flavor becomes less sweet and more like a cup of black coffee…weak black coffee with maybe one sugar and a touch of “earthiness”.
Spice is gone at the halfway mark, replaced by a clean almost minty tinge…Screw normal description, I’ll use what I can.
smoking note no re-light needed at the wrapper. Still drawing cool.
Last third the taste turned “green”…and no, I’m not sure I can clarify. Mouth started to dry so I (my wife) added a dirty gin martini. A decent complement.
One final re-light near the fingertips and allowed to die honorably.
Since I have no benchmark this one gets a solid 5/10. I’d recommend a drink of some sort, perhaps a gin martini or some other slightly sweet drink. A very good cigar.
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