CI Legend red

[Don Fernando]

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This cigar is made by Perdomo for Cigars International. The wrapper is nice, dark and has a few veins. The torpedo has quite a sharp point and feels well constructed. The predraw is good and gives me a pepper flavor. The cigar has a strong leather aroma combined with some black pepper.

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I get a quite full bodied coffee flavor with a bit of pepper as an after bite. After half an inch I also get mild chocolate that slowly turns into dark bitter chocolate. This all happens behind the main flavor, which is still the coffee the cigar started with.

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Halfway the feeling in my mouth gets dry and a wood flavor tries to find its way through the coffee. The chocolate is gone, but the pepper in the back of the throat still remains. At the 2/3rd point some nuts join the coffee.

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I don’t get a lot of smoke, better said, the amount of smoke is poor and a bit brownish. The light colored ash is frayed but firm. The burn is good. After 2/3rd the smoke picks up a bit, but it’s too late. This is a medium bodied medium flavored cigar.

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Would I buy this cigar again? I will stick to the Yellow by Don Pepin Garcia, I liked that better

Appearance: 8 / 10
Construction: 7 / 10
Draw: 7 / 10
Smoke & ash: 5 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Aroma (first part) 7 / 10
Aroma (middle part) 6 / 10
Aroma (last part) 7 / 10

[Starscream]

As always, thanks for the review. I've never smoked any of the Legends series until yesterday (Yellow). The Yellow DPG that I had would be hard to beat though. I look forward to trying the Red.

[Dunkel]

I love the Red Labels even more so than the much exalted Yellow Label.

[kelmac07]

Nice review Ferdie...I tried one of these a few weeks back and really enjoyed it. :tu

[BigCat]

I really like these - I get that woodsy taste through most of the smoke. Like you, I find that the draw gets worse as the cigar burns down, which I think is a function of the really exagerated point. I usually massage it and get it to open back up again though.

[njstone]

Great review! I have a 5er of these and keep meaning to try one. I've been into Perdomos lately, so I'll be firing one up soon! Thanks!

[MedicCook]

Thanks for the detailed review and pictures Ferdie.