SLR DC SOA MAR 08

[Bartolomeo]

-Picked up a fiver in a gracious box split group I belong to

-Perfect construction, feels solid in hand, beautiful Cinnamon tan wrapper, matte in feel, cigar was firm to the touch but with some nice crinkle

when rolling it between your fingers after 2 days of dry boxing

-Coffee and young leather along with a light brown sugar taste on the back of the throat as a finish

-Leaving about 90 seconds between puffs to enjoy this masterpiece

-Mild-Medium in body so far but gracious in flavor, love the sweetness on the back of my mouth

-Not really a fan of this size outside of the golf course but was excited to try this cigar as I am a fan of SLR

-Young tobacco and sugar fill the 1/3 of this cigar, still slightly under Medium at end of first 1/3

-Flavors kind of came and went in 1/3, were not very consistent, or flowing, but they were tasty when present

-2/3 is still consistent leather, brown sugar and young tobacco, but a little muted.....good now, but these need to sit a little bit IMHO

-Had some graham cracker at the end of the 2/3, consistency still a little all over the map but enjoyable -Last 1/3 showing some promise as flavors pick up and cigar becomes very smooth at this point, Medium in profile

-Cigars ends a little bitter but overall better than the 2/3, the first third and final third were my favorite parts, glad I smoked it

-I think time is this cigars best friend right now

-8.8/10

Bart

[Kangaroo495]

Based on the awesome reviews these normally get, I'd have been a bit disappointed! Looking forward to smoking it myself though.

[Buch0]

Favourite vitola as I can never look past a DC.. The plan is to buy plenty of these down the track. Cheers for the review.