Cigar:            Romeo y Julieta Clemenceaus, Tubos

Size:             50 x 6.0

Wrapper:          Indonesia, Natural

Binder:           Dominican Republic

Filler:           Dominican Republic

Humidor time:     2 weeks

Vendor:           Famous-Smoke.Com

Beverage(s):      Water, Bridgeport IPA

Smoke time:       90 minutes

Date:             2004-05-20

Construction:     Well constructed, and well wrapped.  Wrapper is smooth and tight with no large veins.  No hard or soft spots.  Mild aroma of aromatic wood.

Prelight:   Good cap.  Cut well.  Draw is a bit on the loose side.  Unlit puffs, sweet and cedary.

First third:      Lit evenly.  Voluminous smoke.  The first few puffs were sweet and peppery.  Mellowed to a sweetish finish with a bit of pepper on the tongue.  Smooth smoke, no harshness.  Ash, white, a bit flakey.  At 1.5" ash fell off.

Second third:     Wrapper formed 1/2" crack at about 2".  Still cedar.  Still smooth with a sweetish finish.  A little nutty, almonds I think.  Burn was mostly even needing little fussing. 

Third third:      Nuttiness increased.  Another small crack in the wrapper formed.  At about 2" the burn needed constant attention.

Overall:    Nice cigar.  Predominate flavor was aromatic wood.  No harshness.  Pretty good burn.  Voluminous smoke.  Remained lit.  Ash was a little flakey. 

Rating:           8.0