This was also a gift from a BOTL who probably meant to torture me with the size of this beast at 7.5x49.
I love the band at the foot telling it's a "New Flavor Blend" I mean isn't every new line a new flavor blend?
Here we go
Appearance: Milk chocolate in color, Box pressed
Construction: Very solid, The wrapper has a nice texture to it. Some small veins.
Pre-light draw: Draw is perfect but got no flavor at all (not a huge deal for me)
Light:Coffee, nuts, leather, Sweet, vanilla, overall very mild
First Third:Nutmeg, sweetness, vanilla, creamy, hazelnut, mild spice, leather, coffee, honey. Flavors are very mild so far and with the size it gave my lungs quite a workout.
Ash:quite flaky and had to ash it after an inch
Burn:uneven at times
Smoke:Faint and wispy
Second Third:Sweetness, leather, creamy, vanilla, honey, coffee, tea, spice, Very slight pepper, Now the cigar is really coming to life with some power.
Ash:still flaky and barely holding more than an inch
Burn: very uneven
Smoke: started faint and wispy but became full with good textures
Last Third:Slight sweetness, leather, dark chocolate, some pepper on the tongue, spice, tea, earthy, Never harsh but strong, sweet spiciness, Strong sweet tea.
Ash: never stable at all
Burn: remained uneven
Smoke:Glorious amounts of smoke towards the end.
Finish:Strong, Full bodied, never got harsh and I think the sweetness really undercut any harshness.
Conclusion: Started out very mild and turned into a strong full bodied smoke about halfway through. It was a lot of work to get to that point which is why I don't generally care for smokes of this size. In the end I did enjoy what it became though. Would I buy a box? No but if going to my B&M and saw one I might pick up a single from time to time.
on my completely made up and random scales using our solar system smallest planet to largest (Pluto - the sun) and yes I count pluto as a planet! I'd rate this a Neptune.