After spending that insane amount of money on
my new lighter, I just had to try it out, didn't I? So last night I settled in on the porch with a mug of coffee, a good book and one of these beauties.
The
5 Vegas Cask-Strength (Toro: 6" x 52) is a gorgeous, box-pressed cigar, with a beautiful mahogany-colored Corojo wrapper. Pre-light, it smelled wonderful: smoky and leathery and spicy and flowery all at once. It felt good in the hand, too: solid, evenly packed, slightly oily. The construction was as close to perfect as I've seen yet. It lit easily with my new lighter, and burned evenly and coolly and produced tons of smoke for a little over an hour. Punch-cut, the draw was perfect. The tastes were many and varied, but never muddled or overpowering - leather, smoky whiskey, oak and mild spices throughout, with a faint white peppery tingle in the first third and an unusual "red" fruitiness, like cherries or plums once I got past the halfway point. It's marketed as medium-full bodied, but I'd say it's definitely closer to full. In fact, it's a touch stronger than I normally prefer, but absolutely delicious nonetheless.
Appearance and Construction: 15/15
Flavor: 22/25
Smoking Characteristics: 23/25
Overall Impression: 31/35
Total: 91/100
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