Ratters
07-22-2014, 07:57 PM
Not sure what's in the blend but it's a 6x46, one of my favorite sizes.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/Rattersar15/Cigars/IMAG3703.jpg
I love most of the stuff Eddie makes so I thought I'd jump in on his Ortega Project, sort of a blend Kickstarter. He's making 5 samples and the one that get's the most votes we get a box of.
As for this blend, the wrapper was a nice chocolaty color, though a bit rough and veiny. The cigar seemed pretty solid with one soft spot about an inch from the foot. The cigar had a great barnyard smell to it, it took me awhile to lite it cause I just enjoyed the smell so much. The initial draw was a bit tighter than I like, even after reclipping the head. Not really bad, just a preference thing.
I lit up the cigar and really liked the first blast of flavor. It's a spicy cigar with some pepper right at the start. The pepper faded pretty quickly but the spice remained throughout the whole cigar.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/Rattersar15/Cigars/IMAG3704.jpg
The burn line was thin and reasonably straight right at the beginning and the ash was a light gray and nice and solid. Shortly after the pepper subsided and slight sweetness that was very enjoyable came it. About an inch and a half in problems started though. I started to get a tunnel that turned into a plug as the smoke volume decreased. I suspect the problem was this was a really fresh cigar combined with a slow rate of smoking. I nipped off the plug and kept at it but it happened again. After one more clip things settled down and smoked fine the rest of the smoke.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/Rattersar15/Cigars/IMAG3706.jpg
Smoke body was medium, though I suspect if I let the smoke dry out a bit and gave it some time in the humidor it would be fuller. Definitely full strength though, I could really feel it as I hit the final third. The remainder the smoke was an absolute delight. The spicy sweet flavor remained till the end, If I would have let this sit in my humidor a few months I think this might have been one of the best cigars I've ever had, just absolutely loved the flavor.
I still have four more cigars to go out of the samples, but if this one was picked I definitely wouldn't be disappointed.
Here's the link for more information if you're interested, though I think participation is done for this one: http://www.theortegaproject.com/
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/Rattersar15/Cigars/IMAG3703.jpg
I love most of the stuff Eddie makes so I thought I'd jump in on his Ortega Project, sort of a blend Kickstarter. He's making 5 samples and the one that get's the most votes we get a box of.
As for this blend, the wrapper was a nice chocolaty color, though a bit rough and veiny. The cigar seemed pretty solid with one soft spot about an inch from the foot. The cigar had a great barnyard smell to it, it took me awhile to lite it cause I just enjoyed the smell so much. The initial draw was a bit tighter than I like, even after reclipping the head. Not really bad, just a preference thing.
I lit up the cigar and really liked the first blast of flavor. It's a spicy cigar with some pepper right at the start. The pepper faded pretty quickly but the spice remained throughout the whole cigar.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/Rattersar15/Cigars/IMAG3704.jpg
The burn line was thin and reasonably straight right at the beginning and the ash was a light gray and nice and solid. Shortly after the pepper subsided and slight sweetness that was very enjoyable came it. About an inch and a half in problems started though. I started to get a tunnel that turned into a plug as the smoke volume decreased. I suspect the problem was this was a really fresh cigar combined with a slow rate of smoking. I nipped off the plug and kept at it but it happened again. After one more clip things settled down and smoked fine the rest of the smoke.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/Rattersar15/Cigars/IMAG3706.jpg
Smoke body was medium, though I suspect if I let the smoke dry out a bit and gave it some time in the humidor it would be fuller. Definitely full strength though, I could really feel it as I hit the final third. The remainder the smoke was an absolute delight. The spicy sweet flavor remained till the end, If I would have let this sit in my humidor a few months I think this might have been one of the best cigars I've ever had, just absolutely loved the flavor.
I still have four more cigars to go out of the samples, but if this one was picked I definitely wouldn't be disappointed.
Here's the link for more information if you're interested, though I think participation is done for this one: http://www.theortegaproject.com/