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In my naïveté, I bought this 10ct. blind. I think I lucked out, as so far they have been dang good. Seeing as it is its first birthday, I figured I'd light one up and write a review. The construction appears great: no soft spots, beautiful cap, and solidly packed foot. The wrapper has a nice cedary scent to it. I use a punch and the cold draw seems good to go, so I set flame to it and begin smoking. However, this may not be as relaxing as I would hope as the temperature is pushing 100*F (37*C) and the gusts of wind are like standing in front of a giant's hair dryer. I get some peppery cedar at the onset, with backing notes of dried fruit. The smoke is thick and creamy and the draw is right where I like it. The burn is not as perfect as one would like, but given this young cigar's age, it is somewhat acceptable. I begin to pick up notes of earth as the burn continues, which also seems to correct itself a bit. The flavors do seem a bit muted from what I remember from previous encounters with the PSD4. But, they are nice: pepper, cedar, cream, earth, and as I enter the second third, some dusty baking spice I just can't put my finger on. This dusty spice grows in strength, especially through retrohaling. But, other than that, I am still just tasty earthy wood, as the pepper has waned a bit. At the halfway point, I do taste some grassiness coming through, the earthiness increases, and the burn is back to being nearly horrible. Again, the burn valiantly corrects itself, but the trade off is that the flavors become bitter. There is a hint of cream and nice earth, but the grassiness is acrid. I fight on hoping it gets better. Luckily, the flavors do get better, almost mimicking the flavors at the beginning - peppery wood - but stronger this time. The bitterness has left and the cigar is actually getting sweeter, with some earth and cream. At this point, the burn rebels again. I smoke until my fingers burn, and the taste is pure, charred wood. This cigar was not pure bliss, which echoes what I have heard others say about PSD4s as of late. There seems to be inconsistencies even within the box. It was far from a horrible cigar (I smoke a lot of NCs, so I know what horrible cigars taste like), but I was a bit disappointed. I am not a big numbers guy as far as reviews go, but this one would probably be somewhere in the high 80s given the off burn, and period of harsh flavors. I do have hope for the rest in the box (5 at this point). I think I may let them sit for a few months at least before giving them another shot. Hopefully that let's things settle a bit.