Casa Magna BTT at Detroit Herf

[alley00p]

I believe that I was given the 6"X60 RG stick to do the blind taste test on. I had an impression of a super-long NUB. I'm glad I had my large cutter with me so I clipped the end and toasted the foot, enjoying the smell of the smoke coming up from the cigar.

Initial impression was a smooth draw and a slight peppery taste. The cigar was well built with a very nice oily wrapper. As I smoked, the ash just hung on for about 1-1/2" before I tapped it into the Stinky. The smoke started to mellow out, and went perfectly with my Macllallans 12 year old single malt. The taste stayed relatively mellow and smooth creamy smoke, through the first 2/3rds of the stick.

The last 1/3rd started to produce a very mild peppery taste again which seemed to build as the burn progressed.

I really enjoyed this cigar; I didn't know anything about it's rating or it's components, but I would definately buy more - but probably in the robusto size, which is more to my taste.

Thanks, Sam for the opportunity to try this cigar and to try my hand at writing a review - such as it is!