[wayner123]

This is the review for cigar #2:

Smoking: The pre-light draw once again tasted like oats, but not quite as pungent as cigar #1. There was also a faint hay like taste as well. After lighting up I was immediately met with the same clay taste that cigar number 1 had. I thought that Scott had sent me the same cigar, but in a different vitola. It also did something I have never had happen in a cigar before. There was virtually no taste when the smoke was in the mouth. Only after the exhale and my mouth was free of smoke did any flavor exhibit itself. It was truly weird. It was like smoking for the sake of smoking but not getting flavor till you were done.

But, the good news is that around the start of the 2nd third, it changed into a totally different cigar. It was a very profound change. Instantly there was spice. I had a hard time figuring it out how to describe it. I think the best way to describe it would be that it tasted like sarsaparilla or sassafras. It was a spicy, sweet, root vegetal taste. I liked it. At this point I abandoned any thought that Scott had sent me the same cigar. From this point till the end of the cigar it remained a great tasting cigar. There was this sassafras, with hints of coffee and nuts. All blended well with what tasted like a good maduro leaf tobacco.

Construction: 20/25 (I had to touch it up a few times)
Flavor: 60/75

Total: 80/100

If the first third had tasted like the last 2/3rd's then this cigar would have gotten a 90 easily. There was also a slight nic buzz around halfway through the cigar. I can usually hold my own when nicotine is involved, so it may have just been a phenomena.

My Guess: I am going to stick with my assertions that it was Dominican cigar. I am going to say a La Flor Dominica