Sancho Panza Belicosos RAT NOV20 (SSSRW)

[ChangBang]

Got this box about a year and a half ago and have smoked one so far, figure this time is as good as any to see how they're progressing.  My note from when I got them was that it was pleasant but was really wood dominated.  Did note that my previous one was plugged near the band.

Initially, I tried to smoke this on Thursday but it was way too tight and I didn't feel like drilling into it.  Hoped dry boxing it would help out, but not too much as this was plugged by head.   With the perfecdraw I was able to end up with a decent draw and it became a non-issue.  

1 - Little rough on the retro with it stinging a bit.  I'm getting a light sweet wood flavor at the beginning.  This woody sweetness continues through the first third.  But with that flavor there is also another...maybe a musty tobacco?  Cream?  Earth?  As the third progresses, wood flavors intensity throughout leading the the 2/3.  Also a note - this first third took me 50min to smoke.  I was getting wispy smoke but I didn't have to relight or touchup the cigar so it just burned slow

2 - Into the 2nd portion of the cigar, the flavors have gone to a light sweet wood to a intense wood note.  Sweetness has subsided so left with a dark wood note.  Strength has gone up considerably.  Wood is really the only thing I get.  With my drilling with the pefecdraw, the cigar starts to unravel a little.  

3 - The wood note is still intense and I'm gettting my fill of the cigar and put it out soon after I take the picture.

 

Overall - 5.5/10 - a little above average.  I rated my first one a 5/10, so good to see it's progressing.  Difference between then and now is the first third has calmed down a little and I was able to pick up more flavors than before.  2nd and 3rd were still really strong, so hopefully with another year or so, they'll mellow a bit and I'll be able to get more flavors in those thirds.  In my notes I had "Prez said needs 3 years"  

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1 hour ago, ChangBang said:

In my notes I had "Prez said needs 3 years"  

Indeed they do. One of the few cigars that can really be "off" without some age.