Cigar: Excabilur 1066 Dark Knight Maduro
Origin: Honduras
Length: 5.75
Ring: 54
Strength: Medium-Strong
Wrapper: Dark Brown Maduro
Wrapper: African Cameroon
Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler: HON/NIC/DR
Shape: Parejo
Purchased: Cigar & Co., OKC, $6.95
When: August 23, 2008, 1:30 p.m.
Where: Mike's Garage
Environment: Sunny, 88 degrees
Beverage: Bottled Water
Lighter: Wooden matches
Cut: Double Guillotine
Pre-light: This is a nice cigar to hold. A bit veiny, but still beautifully constructed with a dark oily wrapper. Perfect cigar shop aroma.
The start was quite interesting with a great draw and lots of thick and heavy smoke. A hypnotic fragrance - the incense of Central American perfection. Almost instantly there are those familiar flavors of coffee and dark chocolate with hints of buttery cream. This is how a cigar is supposed to taste!
At the halfway point the coffee/chocolate flavors only intensify, but added to this there is a sweet spiciness from the toothy African Cameroon wrapper that is really exceptional.
Bit of an uneven burn during the second half as a result of the veininess. Hints of cedar add to the cornucopia of delightful tastes. Long finish with lots of tobacco and spice.
Hoyo de Monterrey does it again. Worth every penny of the $6.95 I spent on it.
Origin: Honduras
Length: 5.75
Ring: 54
Strength: Medium-Strong
Wrapper: Dark Brown Maduro
Wrapper: African Cameroon
Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler: HON/NIC/DR
Shape: Parejo
Purchased: Cigar & Co., OKC, $6.95
When: August 23, 2008, 1:30 p.m.
Where: Mike's Garage
Environment: Sunny, 88 degrees
Beverage: Bottled Water
Lighter: Wooden matches
Cut: Double Guillotine
Pre-light: This is a nice cigar to hold. A bit veiny, but still beautifully constructed with a dark oily wrapper. Perfect cigar shop aroma.
The start was quite interesting with a great draw and lots of thick and heavy smoke. A hypnotic fragrance - the incense of Central American perfection. Almost instantly there are those familiar flavors of coffee and dark chocolate with hints of buttery cream. This is how a cigar is supposed to taste!
At the halfway point the coffee/chocolate flavors only intensify, but added to this there is a sweet spiciness from the toothy African Cameroon wrapper that is really exceptional.
Bit of an uneven burn during the second half as a result of the veininess. Hints of cedar add to the cornucopia of delightful tastes. Long finish with lots of tobacco and spice.
Hoyo de Monterrey does it again. Worth every penny of the $6.95 I spent on it.
2 comments:
I sampled one of these about a month ago and was very pleased. Bravo on the review.
DK
Thanks, Shibby. Hopefully yours wasn't quite as veiny as mine. That uneven burn was really the only flaw in this stogie.
Post a Comment