Hi all, Cigar Czar here. Last night I had the pleasures of smoking the Arganese ML3 Robusto and that's what we'll be talking about today! I met up with my buddy last night and brought him coffee as he was having a really bad day at work. We enjoyed good cups of Guatemalan coffee and I relaxed and puffed on this beauty, while surrounded by several other beauties whose company I enjoyed immensely.
Now this cigar is real unique, similar to the soon-to-be-released Cain cigar from NUb, this cigar is an all Ligero cigar, which is the top part of the leaf which receives the most sunlight, also making this the strongest part of the leaf, hence the name ML3, Maduro Ligero "times three". The wrapper is Brazilian Maduro Ligero and the binder and long filler are all Domincan Ligero. Looking at this cigar was a real treat by itself. It had a very mottled dark, chocolate brown color, looking oily in some parts, and more like suede in others. The wrap was even and nice, although the cap was a bit on the sloppy side, but it cut clean with my cutter. you could see quite a bit of vein in the wrapper as well. The draw on this was a bit hard, but not enough to really make it not enjoyable. As it burned the ash was a very light gray with little areas of black and clung quite impressively. And though it burned pretty even there was a moment or two where touch-ups wouldn't have been a bad thing.
Pre-light flavor was a real robust, spiced nutty flavor. After it met flame, the nutty flavor subdued a little bit to the spicy, and a little bit of chocolate came through. At the 1/3 mark the chocolate subdued and became a bit more smoked wood flavor. This flavor was something I found remained throughout the rest of the cigar. But about halfway through the cigar, there came a bitter spiced pepper, with some earth in there as well. This also prompted some of the girls around me to inform, the cigar stopped smelling good, one even described it as smelling like cat litter. Crossing into the 2/3 mark and beyond this smoke turned incredibly bitter, lots of earth and the wood flavor was still evident.
Overall an enjoyable cigar, but the end kind of took some of the luster out. This is a medium to full cigar, so I recommend that you have some food in your stomach before smoking as this will give you a little bit of a buzz.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Olde World Corojo Robusto
So this cigar has been touted as being a fairly superior cigar coming the the house of Rocky Patel, so, I figured I'd take it for a test drive. There it sat in its box amidst the Decades and the Sungrowns, with its distinctive secondary wrapper with the laser etching. So I decided to go for the Corojo per my local tobacconists, Nick, insistence.
A few notes on construction; probably first and foremost, what caught my attention quite startlingly was the label. It looked to be made of poor quality done with a dot jet ink printer, I know this is a moot point and really irrelevant to the flavor and enjoyment of the cigar, but for me there is something regal in a well done label, even the old Havana brown and white ones had a simple elegance to them. But, I digress, over all construction seemed well. It had an outside appearance of suede leather, however upon lighting it I discovered a whole different story. I noticed almost instantly that it had a very airy draw, too airy. It also burned uneven very early into the smoke and burned very fast, to the point it was going out and had to be re-lit several times. The ash was very mottled and almost zebra-striped and flaky.
As far as flavor is concerned, it started out as a smoked wooded flavor, with a hint of pepper in the finish, and I would say it was medium bodied. Getting into the 2/3 mark, the flavor began to mellow out and the wooded flavor begins to smooth out the pepper. The last third remained woody, but began to lose some of its character. I also noticed a resurgence of pepper and a hint of nut, but became very bitter in the after taste.
Overall, I fell quite honestly, I received a rare dud from the Rocky Patel line, it became a high maintenance cigar and not easy to enjoy and really frustrating by the end.
A few notes on construction; probably first and foremost, what caught my attention quite startlingly was the label. It looked to be made of poor quality done with a dot jet ink printer, I know this is a moot point and really irrelevant to the flavor and enjoyment of the cigar, but for me there is something regal in a well done label, even the old Havana brown and white ones had a simple elegance to them. But, I digress, over all construction seemed well. It had an outside appearance of suede leather, however upon lighting it I discovered a whole different story. I noticed almost instantly that it had a very airy draw, too airy. It also burned uneven very early into the smoke and burned very fast, to the point it was going out and had to be re-lit several times. The ash was very mottled and almost zebra-striped and flaky.
As far as flavor is concerned, it started out as a smoked wooded flavor, with a hint of pepper in the finish, and I would say it was medium bodied. Getting into the 2/3 mark, the flavor began to mellow out and the wooded flavor begins to smooth out the pepper. The last third remained woody, but began to lose some of its character. I also noticed a resurgence of pepper and a hint of nut, but became very bitter in the after taste.
Overall, I fell quite honestly, I received a rare dud from the Rocky Patel line, it became a high maintenance cigar and not easy to enjoy and really frustrating by the end.
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