Ghabanos Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 purchased Jun 22 2011 Picture courtesy of Smithy Humi is at 67% +-2% No torch, so I used some wood slivers to light the stick Construction: Nice; Veiny; But cracks Light sheen of oil At cold nuts pistachio - very impressed; I liked this alot Draw is good some restriction Opening: harshness Draw tightens - not to my liking Dark coffee 1/3 Harsh Nice burn Coffee but less than opening Unlike big brother Genios (maybe my expectation was too high) Draw tighter than I prefer but not problematic 2/3 Harshness still there Beautiful color ash Darker stronger coffee 3/3 Disappointed, albeit probably because young harshness a bit in your face Beautiful ash and burn Lighter coffee Spice kicks in starting at the front of tongue moving to the back Bit of strength kicks in Rating: 82 - hopefully some time will do it some good... yet to try the magicos (box sitting with lisa - the gatekeeper of all - in the humi) Appearance: 11 - few cracks but nice Flavor: 19 I liked the coffee and how it developed some spice at the end, which was a welcomed change for me Smoke Charac: 23 great burn and pleasant to smoke not hot at all Overall: 29 not impressed, but maybe because the Genios set the bar high and also the draw at cold present pistachio, like as if I downed a whole bag in my mouth... high expectations maybe... there was harshness probably because it was young Not terribly fond of the size to be honest. but good for a short smoke... One thing that I didn't really like - which doesn't affect the smoke was that there was too much glue on the band. I just wasn't able to get it off without thrashing it into pieces....
CaptainQuintero Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 Nice review! Shame about the negatives you got, the secretos is probably my favourite of the maduro 5 line, luckily I've not had any bad ones to date but to be honest I normally grab one when I want a bit of harsh/angry smoke. Kind of choosing a well done steak for a change from your usual medium-rare. So I may have had ones that are a bit too harsh in the past but being it's what I've been after I haven't complained. Maybe I should light one up when I don't fancy a well-done smoke and see how I rate it
Rogers72 Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 My money says these will turn out to be really good in about 6 months and only get better from there.
android Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 My money says these will turn out to be really good in about 6 months and only get better from there. Agree way to young
#2 man Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 Thanks for that review and great pictures ! Let them rest
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