The toothy brindle wrapper vs the silky "perfect" wrapper

[99call]

I'm currently smoking a 2013 LGC no 2, and it's out of this world. It's a pretty wrapper, but not in the way some would accept or respect. It's oil laden brindle and toothy. It looks a million miles away from what some would hope to get on a Behike, but when I look back over the truly great cigars I've smoked, the idea of 'picture perfect' is often a book poorly judged by it's cover. Don't get me wrong I'm not talking about ugly fireproof wrappers, etc, but cigar wrappers with a toothy slightly blotchy brindle wrapper have often been the biggest hitters when it comes to 95 and upward point scores. 

I'd be interested to hear what the forum has to say.  Which have accounted for you best cigar experiences?  The toothy oily brindle wrapper, or the silky smooth "perfect" wrapper

[Rhinoww]

A pretty wrapper to me is, well just a pretty wrapper. I can’t say the pretty ones smoke better for me. Every CC is an adventure. 

[MrGlass]

Pretty wrappers look pretty, but that's about the extent of it in my experience.  I've probably had more memorable cigars with toothy wrappers than perfect, but those results are biased by the reality that I've smoked more cigars with toothy wrappers.  When you're buying blind, you get what you get.

[NSXCIGAR]

Flavor wise, absolutely no correlation for me. As long as we're talking about thin wrappers and not thick rough wrappers. 

[anacostiakat]

Yea I take 'em as I see 'em.  As previously said, as long as not thick and/or fireproof I got no problems.  

Nice wrappin' with you.  

[Fugu]

Yup, count me in the nocowhaca (no-correlation-whatsoever-camp).

That being said – silky-smooth wrappers had never been the hallmark of the grand MdO series. (hmm, so perhaps there's something to it )

[99call]

6 hours ago, Fugu said:

Yup, count me in the nocowhaca (no-correlation-whatsoever-camp).

That being said – silky-smooth wrappers had never been the hallmark of the grand MdO series. (hmm, so perhaps there's something to it )

It was more of a personal observation, that in smoking that particular cigar the other day, I felt as if slick smooth, claro veinless  'picture perfect' cigars were not well represented in my 95 points and above category.  Whilst they always look like they should perform, I always feel like it's the toothy brindle wrappers that really knock it out of the park. 

[karp]

No correlation for me, but colour of wrapper and thickness is correlated. Rosado / lighter colour = better flavour (depending on specific cigar) and thicker = poor burn and bad flavour. I actually like the brindle better but probably just subjective preference. Btw - my Canonazo nudies are some of the oiliest I’ve had. Hope this bodes well.

[El Presidente]

We spent a day this week specifying wrapper colour spectrums for 2024 releases. It was a good day.

A grade wrapper in a batch a roller has to work with will have a mix of all. Toothy, silky, brindle etal. Sometimes a roller can burn/bruise a wrapper in the stretching while using  water poorly that gives it a brindle effect. 

It is a natural product