Cigar:            Montecristo robusto

Size:             50 x 5"

Country:          DR

Wrapper:          CT, N

Binder:           DR

Filler:           DR

Flavor Strength:  Mild

NicotineStength:  Mild

Date Received:    2004-08-02

Suspected Age:    >= 9 months

Vendor/Price:     Gift for Cigar Magazine subscription

Beverage(s):      Water, Mirror Pond Pale Ale

Smoke time:       30 minutes (ditch half of it)

Date:             2005-04-18

Posted to ASC:   

Overall:    A waste of time.  Okay construction.  Good draw and smoke volume.  Mild bitter dry grass flavor with some pepper at times.  Short dry finish.  Waited for some flavor to arrive which it never did.  Only smoked half. 

Ambience:   Looks like the first day of spring after over a month of ghasty, cold, rainy, damp, gray weather in the Pacific Northwest.  Evening on the deck with Mariners vs.  Anaheim on the radio.  Light north wind.

Construction:     Light colored thin wrapper with fine veins and a couple of soft spots.  Double cap.  Mild, sweetish aroma. 

Cut & Prelight:   Cut well.  Gave a little lip tingle with a mildly sweet dry grass draw flavor.

First third:      Initially slightly bitter with a similar finish.  Nice slightly resistive draw.  Lots of smoke.  Bit of pepper in the finish.  Mottled, flakey ash.  Mild flavor.

Second third:     Perhaps a bit less bitter.  Somewhat grassy with a vaguely sweet dry finish.  At the halfway point grassiness is increasing and finish is further drying.  Still mild flavor.  Not worth smoking the other half.  Abandoned.

Third third: