Punch Punch TOR JUN 16 (PQDRW)

[FatPete]

Punch Punch  TOR JUN 16 

From humidor running a little high at 67RH so dry boxed for 2 days. 19C.

I love these review weekends, gets me to smoke cigars that I don't reach for that often. This is true of Punch Punch as well. The Punch that I usually go for are the Coronations or Petit Coronations, the reason being that they come in tubos and are one of my "going away" cigars. Those have a lot of cedar & spice and it will be interesting to see how this compares. 

This cigar looks nice, no soft spots and there is a light chocolate aroma at cold. Draw is a little on the loose side, and yields a light cinnamon spice.

First third 

Opening is very mild tobacco with a bready aftertaste. Soon after a mild spice appears, the cinnamon from the dry draw, as well as other sweet spices, mixing in with the breadiness. Strangely went out on me, but I do smoke slowly. After the relight, the flavours intensify, the bread is left behind, and it becomes a punchy (sorry) mix of cinnamon and mild paprika. The smoke has also turned creamy-can't ignore this devil. The lager goes well with it, like it would with a curry. The aroma is a nice spicy floral mix. Has that unmistakable Punch aftertaste similar to the Coronations. Not really a sweet cigar but very tasty. At the end of the first third, cedar appears in the background. Body is under medium at this stage.

Second third 

What slight sweetness it had is replaced by a distinct orange peel flavour and astringency, and this is the dominant flavour now, with cedar and a little paprika . Not experienced orange peel in a cigar before, and different to the citrus you can get in a JLS2. As this third finishes, the orange peel fades, and a strong tobacco flavour takes over, with the cedar and maybe a little black coffee trying to poke through. 

Last third 

Tobacco, paprika spice and cedar dominates things now. Smoking medium full. The black coffee begins to win at the end, cedar goes away, tobacco and paprika are tempered. Those Punch aromas continued to make me smile.

As can seen from the pictures, the ash held on well and the burn was perfect throughout.

 

Conclusion: This was a complex and punchy (sorry again) cigar. Much more complex than the Coronations, but you know I think I'll still be buying those if I'm on the move-not as long but still flavourful. 

This I rate as a mean 90. 

Smoke time:1 hour 30 minutes

 

[TheMonk]

Good job, thanks!