Ewingrules
10-09-2010, 11:39 AM
I don't have a camera so I can't take any pictures. This is my first review so I will do my best. I have good things and a bad thing to say about the Face.
The cigar is constructed very well. No soft or hard spots and good weight in hand. I did not detect a lot of odor from the cigar. I used a V cut and the prelight draw was perfect just the right amount of resistance.
The cigar lit easily and gave off a ton of smoke. I felt some pepper on the back of my throat and that woke up the taste buds quickly. The first few puffs the pepper was pretty stong and I also picked up some earthy tobacco flavor(I am not one who picks up flavors that well).
The problem came up about 1" into the cigar. I was taking a puff and I heard snap, crackle and pop. That caused a couple of slight cracks in the wrapper. I was about 3 inches in and the same happened causing more cracks in the wrapper. The cracks never got worse and did not seem to go to the binder.
I did smoke this one right off the truck. It was about 65 degrees with about 50% RH outside when I smoked it. I will chock this one up to smoking one right away. I will say I have smoked many cigars right off the truck and have never had that problem.
I am thankful that the cracks did not affect the smoking of the cigar. The flavors were very good and it reminded me of a Tatuaje Cojonu 2009 but with some slight differences. The burn was sharp and I only had one slight touch up near the end of the cigar.
I am going to put the box in the humidor and break one out on Halloween and see if that helps with the cracks. The only thing that scares me is the I also bought the Tatuaje L’esprit de Verite and have had major crack problems with them. I gave 2 of those to my B + M owner and I have smoked 3 of them.
2 out of the 3 that I have smoked(This is after some good humidor time)cracked so bad that the cigar was a waste. My B + M guy had the same problem with both of his.
I keep the humidor at 64% to 65% RH and have many other types of cigars in the same humidor. I have alot of Viajes in there along with La Riqueza and the Tat Tenderloins. I also keep a variety of ISOM cigars and don't have any problems with cracking.
Again I will say this cigar cracking twice was minor and in no way effected the smoking of the cigar. I also hope it does not happen again. This is just my thoughts a $16 stick such as the L’esprit de Verite and a $13 stick such as the Face should not be having this problem.
The cigar is constructed very well. No soft or hard spots and good weight in hand. I did not detect a lot of odor from the cigar. I used a V cut and the prelight draw was perfect just the right amount of resistance.
The cigar lit easily and gave off a ton of smoke. I felt some pepper on the back of my throat and that woke up the taste buds quickly. The first few puffs the pepper was pretty stong and I also picked up some earthy tobacco flavor(I am not one who picks up flavors that well).
The problem came up about 1" into the cigar. I was taking a puff and I heard snap, crackle and pop. That caused a couple of slight cracks in the wrapper. I was about 3 inches in and the same happened causing more cracks in the wrapper. The cracks never got worse and did not seem to go to the binder.
I did smoke this one right off the truck. It was about 65 degrees with about 50% RH outside when I smoked it. I will chock this one up to smoking one right away. I will say I have smoked many cigars right off the truck and have never had that problem.
I am thankful that the cracks did not affect the smoking of the cigar. The flavors were very good and it reminded me of a Tatuaje Cojonu 2009 but with some slight differences. The burn was sharp and I only had one slight touch up near the end of the cigar.
I am going to put the box in the humidor and break one out on Halloween and see if that helps with the cracks. The only thing that scares me is the I also bought the Tatuaje L’esprit de Verite and have had major crack problems with them. I gave 2 of those to my B + M owner and I have smoked 3 of them.
2 out of the 3 that I have smoked(This is after some good humidor time)cracked so bad that the cigar was a waste. My B + M guy had the same problem with both of his.
I keep the humidor at 64% to 65% RH and have many other types of cigars in the same humidor. I have alot of Viajes in there along with La Riqueza and the Tat Tenderloins. I also keep a variety of ISOM cigars and don't have any problems with cracking.
Again I will say this cigar cracking twice was minor and in no way effected the smoking of the cigar. I also hope it does not happen again. This is just my thoughts a $16 stick such as the L’esprit de Verite and a $13 stick such as the Face should not be having this problem.