Cigar:            Baccarat 1871 Rothchild

Size:             50 x 5"

Country:          Hon

Wrapper:          Hon, E

Binder:           Mex

Filler:           Hon

Flavor Strength:  Mild

NicotineStength:  Mild

Date Received:    2004-09-01, ASC NSF

Suspected Age:   

Vendor/Price:    

Beverage(s):      Water, Mirror Pond Pale Ale

Smoke time:       45 minutes

Date:             2005-03-12

Posted to ASC:    2005-03-12

Overall score:    2.0/5.0

Overall:    Not much to this cigar.  Slightly bitter throughout, slightly woody like seasoned alder in its later stages.  The head is sweetened and can be tasted throughout.  I wouldn't recommend this to anybody.

Ambience:   Sitting in the sun, under a cloudless blue sky, with brisk, gusty north winds.  Reading "Mountain Flying Bible" by Sparky Imeson.

Construction:     Very smooth, light colored wrapper with moderate veining.  Short double cap, cracked across the head.  It may have been dropped on its head during its checkered past.

Cut & Prelight:   I cut carefully considering the crack.  No issue.  Very mild, floral aroma.  The head is sweet.  Not unpleasant.  Draw very open, with no flavor. 

First third:      Initially bitter with little finish.  After about 3/4" the bitterness lessened a bit leaving very little flavor at all.  If the head wasn't sweetened this would have almost no taste at all.

Second third:     Now a little woody - seasoned alder smoke.  Still a slightly bitter edge.  I hope there wasn't some special surprise in the last third because I never got there.  Abandoned just beyond the halfway point due to ennui.

Third third: